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Jam

जाम
Meaning

A goblet or cup of wine; also the fabled cup of Jamshed.

How Iqbal uses it

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See it in the verse

Jam 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

Sagar

A wine-cup or goblet; a favourite emblem in classical ghazal.

PERSIAN

Paimana

A measuring cup or wine-goblet; also a measure or standard.

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