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Khas

ख़स
said KHAS
also written: khas-o-khashak, straw, chaff
Meaning

Straw, dry grass or chaff; the worthless litter of the field, swept off by wind and flood.

Literally: straw / chaff

See it in the verse

Khas in Iqbal’s couplets

Ye aql o dil hain sharar shola-e-mohabbat ke
Wo khar-o-khas ke liye hai ye nistan ke liye
Both intellect and heart are sparks of the flame of love — one is meant for thorns and straw, the other for a whole reed-bed.
Love · Self-Knowledge · Action
Related words
PERSIAN

Khar

The thorn; the rose's companion of pain, an emblem of the suffering that attends every beauty.

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