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murda

मुर्दा

said MUR-daa

also written: murda

Meaning

Dead; lifeless; (as noun) a corpse.

How Iqbal uses it

Opposite of 'zinda'; figuratively a spiritless, inert state.

See it in the verse

murda in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah-e-ishq dil-e-zinda ki talash mein hai
Shikar-e-murda sazawar-e-shahbaz nahin

The gaze of love is searching for a living heart — dead quarry is not worthy of the royal falcon.

Love · The Falcon · Awakening

Related words

zinda

Alive; living.

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