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Urdu · idiom · Character & Virtue
Hire ki kani
हीरे की कनी
Meaning
A person of rare and precious worth.
Literally: a fleck of diamond
See it in the verse
Hire ki kani in Iqbal’s couplets
Phool ki patti se kat sakta hai heere ka jigar
Mard-e-nadaan par kalaam-e-narm-o-nazuk be-asar
A diamond's heart can be cut by the petal of a flower — yet on a foolish man, soft and gentle words have no effect.
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