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Arabic · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Khitaab

ख़िताब
said khi-taab
also written: Khitab
Meaning

An address or speech directed at an audience; also an honorific title.

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal frequently adopts the mode of khitaab, addressing the young, the believer, or God directly in his verse.

See it in the verse

Khitaab in Iqbal’s couplets

Aflaak se aata hai naalon ka javaab aakhir
Karte hain khitaab aakhir uThte hain hijaab aakhir
At last the skies answer the cries that rise to them; at last the veils lift and the silence breaks into speech.
Hope · Action · Aspiration
Related words
ARABIC

Taqreer

A speech, oration or address.

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