Urdu Dictionary
Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Mar

मार
said MAAR
also written: maar, snake, serpent
Meaning

The snake or serpent; the coiled creature, figure for the beloved's tress and for lurking danger alike.

Literally: snake

See it in the verse

Mar in Iqbal’s couplets

Ho agar khudnigar-o-khudgar-o-khudgir khudi
Ye bhi mumkin hai ki tu maut se bhi mar na sake
If your selfhood becomes self-seeing, self-making and self-possessed, it is even possible that not even death can make you die.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge
Related words
PERSIAN

Zulf

A lock or tress of hair; the curling hair of the beloved.

ARABIC

Afai

The viper; the venomous serpent, an emblem of deadly malice and the poison-tongued foe.

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