Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Kahkashaan
कहकशाँ
said kah-ka-SHAAN
also written: kahkashan, kahkasha
Meaning
The Milky Way; the galaxy as a band of stars across the sky.
Literally: Persian: the 'straw-drawer's path', the streak of light across the night sky.
Usage & notes
The kahkashaan, the sweep of the galaxy, marks the immensity of the heavens against which Iqbal measures the boundless ambition of the self that would traverse even the stars.