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Arabic · noun (m.) · Everyday Life
Qand
क़ंद
said
qand
Meaning
Sugar candy; refined crystallised sugar.
See it in the verse
Qand in Iqbal’s couplets
Apne bhi khafa mujh se hain begane bhi na-khush
Main zahr-e-halahal ko kabhi kah na saka qand
My own people are displeased with me and strangers are unhappy too; I could never bring myself to call deadly poison sugar.
Courage · Selfhood · Justice
Related words
PERSIAN
Cheeni
Sugar.
ARABIC
Misri
Crystallised rock sugar.
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