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Kashti-e-sheesha

कश्ती-ए-शीशा
Meaning

A boat of glass; a fragile vessel, a figure for a frail life on rough seas.

Literally: boat of glass

See it in the verse

Kashti-e-sheesha in Iqbal’s couplets

Utha na sheesha-garaan-e-firang ke ehsaan
Safaal-e-Hind se mina-o-jaam paida kar
Do not be indebted to the glassmakers of the foreign land — fashion your goblet and cup from the clay of your own soil.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Kashti

A boat or small vessel.

ARABIC

Toofan

Storm, tempest, deluge.

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