Persian · noun, masculine · The Tavern & the Cup

Jaam

जाम

said jaam

Meaning

A wine-cup or goblet; the vessel that holds the wine of divine love.

Literally: cup, goblet

How Iqbal uses it

The jaam is the receiving heart that holds the wine of love; Iqbal asks for a cup deep enough for an intoxication that endures. He plays on the cup as both gift and capacity of the drinker.

See it in the verse

Jaam in Iqbal’s couplets

Utha na sheesha-garaan-e-firang ke ehsaan
Safaal-e-Hind se mina-o-jaam paida kar

Do not be indebted to the glassmakers of the foreign land — fashion your goblet and cup from the clay of your own soil.

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Related words

PERSIAN

Paimaana

A wine-cup or measure; a goblet of the mystic's drink.

PERSIAN

Saaghar

A large wine-cup or goblet; a classic vessel of the tavern symbolism.

PERSIAN

Jaam-e-jam

The legendary cup of the ancient Persian king Jamshed, said to reveal the whole world; a symbol of all-seeing knowledge and mystic vision.

PERSIAN

Tah-e-jaam

The bottom of the cup; the last dregs left in the goblet, often a figure for the end of the feast or the lover's final share.

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