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Arabic · noun · Nature & the Garden

Hayya

हय्या
also written: Haiya
Meaning

A snake or serpent; the Arabic word, cognate with 'life', the serpent of the primal garden.

See it in the verse

Hayya in Iqbal’s couplets

Haya nahin hai zamane ki aankh mein baaqi
Khuda kare ki jawani teri rahe be-daagh
No sense of shame is left in the eye of the age; may God keep your youth unstained.
Youth · Self-Knowledge
Related words
PERSIAN

Mar

A snake or serpent; the Persian word, guardian of hidden treasure in lore.

ARABIC

Afi

A viper or venomous snake; the Arabic word for the poisonous serpent.

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