Arabic · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Qamar

क़मर

said qa-mar

Meaning

The moon.

Usage & notes

The moon recurs in Iqbal as a borrowed light of the night heaven, beautiful yet pale beside the self-kindled fire of the ego.

Related words

A month; the Persian word for the lunar month, also meaning the moon itself.

The crescent moon, especially the new or young moon.

The full moon at the height of its brightness.

The two great luminaries, the sun and the moon together.