Persian · noun, masculine · The Tavern & the Cup

Maikhaana

मयख़ाना
said mai-khaa-na
also written: Maikhana
Meaning

The tavern or wine-house; in Sufi symbolism, the place of mystical gathering and divine intoxication, set against the mosque and seminary.

Literally: house of wine

Usage & notes

The maikhana is, for Iqbal, the true house of the spirit against the hypocrisy of the formal pulpit. He repeatedly prefers its honest intoxication of love to the dry, lifeless devotion of the preacher.