Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Kahkashan
कहकशाँ
said kah-ka-SHAAN
also written: kehkashan, kahkashaan
Meaning
The Milky Way; the galaxy strewn across the night sky.
Literally: Persian: the straw-strewer's track, from kah (straw) + kashan (drawer/strewer).
Usage & notes
The kahkashan is Iqbal's image of vast cosmic order across which the questing self journeys and dreams.