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Persian · noun · The Tavern & the Cup

Jaam

जाम
also written: Jaam-e-Jam
Meaning

A goblet or wine-cup; the fabled cup of Jamshed that showed the whole world within it.

See it in the verse

Jaam in Iqbal’s couplets

Utha na sheeshagaran-e-farang ke ehsaan
Sifaal-e-Hind se meena o jaam paida kar
Do not accept the favours of the West's glassmakers — from the humble clay of India, fashion your own goblet and cup.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Paimaana

A wine-cup or goblet; also a measure, hence the measure of one's life or capacity.

PERSIAN

Saaghar

A large wine-cup or bowl; emblem of the heart brimming with love's intoxication.

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