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Kotaah-andesh

कोताह-अंदेश
Meaning

Short-sighted; narrow or shallow in thinking.

Literally: lit. short-thinking

See it in the verse

Kotaah-andesh in Iqbal’s couplets

Pukhta hoti hai agar maslahat-andesh ho aql
Ishq ho maslahat-andesh to hai khaam abhi
Reason ripens when it learns to calculate advantage; but love that calculates advantage is still unripe.
Love · Courage · Action
Related words
PERSIAN

Kotaah

Short, brief, or deficient.

PERSIAN

Door-andesh

Far-sighted; provident, one who thinks ahead.

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