Arabic · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos
Kaukab
कौकब
said KAU-kab
also written: kaukab, star, planet
Meaning
A star, especially a bright planet or luminary.
Literally: Arabic kawkab: a bright star or planet.
Usage & notes
Kaukab is the Arabic word for a star or bright planet, a more elevated, literary synonym for sitara — used for a star of special brilliance or for a planet whose rising marks destiny. It carries a graver, more astronomical register. Iqbal reaches for it within the same imagery of luminous points scattered in the night sky and the fortunes they are imagined to govern, fates the high self is summoned to outstrip.