Urdu Dictionary

Urdu · idiom · Love & Longing

Jaan Chhidakna

जान छिड़कना

Meaning

To love someone devotedly; to dote on them.

Literally: to sprinkle one's life (over someone)

See it in the verse

Jaan Chhidakna in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah buland, sukhan dilnawaz, jaan pur-soz
Yahi hai rakht-e-safar mir-e-karvan ke liye

A lofty gaze, speech that wins the heart, a soul that burns with feeling — this alone is the travelling kit a caravan's leader needs.

Leadership · Aspiration

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