Urdu · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Jugnoo

जुगनू
said JUG-noo
also written: Jugnu
Meaning

A firefly; a glow-worm.

Usage & notes

The jugnoo carrying its own small lamp through the dark is Iqbal's tender emblem of self-generated light, the modest spark that does not borrow its glow; against the proud blaze of star and sun the firefly keeps its own inner flame.