Meaning
A plectrum used to strike the strings of an instrument.
Literally: plectrum; the pick that strikes a string
Usage & notes
Mizraab is the plectrum that strikes the strings to draw out music. Iqbal uses it for the touch or shock that rouses a dormant heart into song, the stroke that wakes the latent melody within. Without the mizraab's blow, the string stays silent, the self unstirred.
Related words
PERSIAN
Saaz
A musical instrument; also equipment or gear.
PERSIAN
Rubaab
A short-necked stringed instrument played with a plectrum.
PERSIAN
Tanbur
A long-necked plucked lute of Persia and Central Asia, a sacred instrument of some Sufi orders.
PERSIAN
Nawa
Sound, melody, song, or the impassioned cry of a bird or poet.
ARABIC
Naghma
A melody, tune or song.