Urdu · noun · The Heart & the Body

Kulbula

कुलबुला
said kul-bu-laa-hat
also written: Kulbulaahat
Meaning

A wriggling, fidgety restlessness, the crawling itch of a heart unable to keep still.

Literally: wriggling, squirming

Usage & notes

Kulbulahat is restlessness felt as a crawling stir under the skin, the impatient squirm of eagerness or unease. It belongs to the family of agitations Iqbal reads as signs of an unsettled, awakening self.