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Nukta-cheen

नुक्ता-चीं
said nuk-ta-CHEEN
also written: Nuktacheen
Meaning

A fault-finder; a captious critic who picks at fine points.

Literally: point-picker

How Iqbal uses it

The carping critic who censures the lover or poet; in the ghazal the nukta-cheen joins the rival and the preacher as an enemy of free feeling.

See it in the verse

Nukta-cheen in Iqbal’s couplets

Nazar nahin to mere halqa-e-sukhan mein na baith
Ki nukta-ha-e-khudi hain misal-e-tegh-e-asil
If you have no vision, do not sit in my circle of speech — for the subtleties of selfhood are like a sword of true steel.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Courage
Related words
ARABIC

Nuqta

A point or dot; a subtle point of meaning.

PERSIAN

Nukta-sanj

A weigher of subtleties; a discerning judge of fine points and delicate meanings.

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