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Nagara-khana

नक़्क़ारख़ाना
also written: Naqqar-khana
Meaning

The drum-house at a palace gate where the ceremonial naubat was sounded.

Literally: drum-house

See it in the verse

Nagara-khana in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
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Related words
SANSKRIT

Nagara

A large war-drum beaten to signal troops or announce the sovereign.

ARABIC

Naubat

A large drum beaten at a royal court; by extension, sovereign authority and one's turn or state.

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