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Arabic · noun · Being & Non-Being

Nau'iyat

नौ'इयत
Meaning

Quality, nature, kind; the character or type of a thing.

See it in the verse

Nau'iyat 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.
Justice · Awakening
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SANSKRIT

Nau

The cardinal number nine.

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