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Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Nau-bahar

नौ-बहार
Meaning

The new spring; the fresh flowering of the season, and a figure for renewal.

Literally: new spring

See it in the verse

Nau-bahar in Iqbal’s couplets

Abhi tak aadmi sayd-e-zaboon-e-shahryari hai
Qayamat hai ki insaan nau-e-insaan ka shikari hai
Even now, the human being is the wretched prey of the rule of kings — it is a catastrophe that one human still hunts another.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Nau

New, fresh; recent, as in nau-bahar, the new spring.

PERSIAN

Bahar

A joyous spring raga often paired with Malhar in the monsoon.

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