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Sanskrit · noun · Nature & the Garden

Kand

कंद
Meaning

A tuber, bulb or fleshy underground root; the swollen storage-root of a plant.

See it in the verse

Kand in Iqbal’s couplets

Apne bhi khafa mujh se hain begane bhi na-khush
Main zahr-e-halahal ko kabhi kah na saka qand
My own people are displeased with me and strangers are unhappy too; I could never bring myself to call deadly poison sugar.
Courage · Selfhood · Justice
Related words
PERSIAN

Beekh

The root of a plant or tree.

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