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Hosh-o-hawaas

होश-ओ-हवास
also written: Hosh-o-hawas
Meaning

One's senses and wits together; full consciousness and self-possession.

See it in the verse

Hosh-o-hawaas in Iqbal’s couplets

Gesu-e-tabdar ko aur bhi tabdar kar
Hosh-o-khirad shikar kar qalb-o-nazar shikar kar
Make the radiant tresses more radiant still — capture sense and reason, hunt down the heart and the eye.
Love · Aspiration · Restlessness
Related words
PERSIAN

Hosh

Senses, consciousness, awareness; the possession of one's wits.

ARABIC

Hawaas

The senses; the faculties of perception; also one's wits or composure.

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