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Pari-Wash

परी-वश

said pa-ree-wash

also written: Pari-roo

Meaning

Fairy-like; of beauty resembling a fairy.

Literally: fairy-resembling

How Iqbal uses it

Pari-wash praises a beauty so dazzling it seems other than human; the fairy-likeness sets the beloved at the threshold between the earthly and the unattainable.

See it in the verse

Pari-Wash in Iqbal’s couplets

Teri zindagi isi se teri aabru isi se
Jo rahi khudi to shahi na rahi to ru-siyahi

Your life depends on this, your honour depends on this: if selfhood remains you reign like a king, if it is lost only disgrace remains.

Selfhood · Courage · Self-Knowledge

Related words

PERSIAN

Pari

A fairy; a being of dazzling, unearthly beauty.

ARABIC

Hoor

A houri; one of the radiant-eyed maidens of Paradise.

PERSIAN

Mah-wash

Moon-like; resembling the moon in beauty.

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