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Arabic · noun (plural) · Poetry, Speech & Art

Ishaaraat

इशारात
said i-shaa-raat
Meaning

Signs; gestures; hints; allusions — the plural of ishara. In poetry, the indirect pointings by which verse says more than it states.

Literally: plural of ishara (a sign, a gesture, a hint)

See it in the verse

Ishaaraat in Iqbal’s couplets

Afsos sad-afsos ki shahin na bana tu
Dekhe na teri aankh ne fitrat ke ishaarat
A pity, a hundred pities, that you never became a falcon; your eye never read the signs that nature held out.
The Falcon · Awakening · Aspiration
Related words
ARABIC

Ishara

A spiritual hint or subtle indication pointing beyond the literal to a deeper truth.

ARABIC

Kinaya

An allusion, an indirect saying; the coy, oblique speech of lovers who hint rather than declare.

ARABIC

Ramz

A subtle symbol or hidden allusion conveying a spiritual meaning to the initiated.

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