Arabic · noun · Nature & the Garden
Naseem
नसीम
said na-seem
also written: nasim, breeze, Nasim
Meaning
A soft, fragrant breeze, the gentle cool air of morning.
Literally: gentle breeze
Usage & notes
The naseem is the soft, sweet-scented breeze, especially of morning — close kin to the saba, it lifts the perfume of the garden and brushes the flowers awake. It is coolness, gentleness and the breath that carries fragrance. Iqbal uses it for the tender stirring of air that quickens and revives, the mild wind set against the storm (aandhi) he sometimes prefers for shaking the world.
Related words
ARABIC
Saba
The gentle morning breeze from the east, the soft wind that stirs the garden at dawn.
PERSIAN
Baad-e-Saba
The morning breeze of the east, the fragrant dawn wind that wakes the garden.
PERSIAN
Bahaar
Spring, the season of bloom and renewal when the garden returns to life.
URDU
Jhonka
A gust or puff of wind; a sudden swaying lurch.