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Persian · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Saal-e-Kabisa

साल-ए-कबीसा
said saal-e-ka-BEE-sa
Meaning

A leap year; the intercalary year that carries an extra day.

Literally: year of intercalation

See it in the verse

Saal-e-Kabisa in Iqbal’s couplets

Hazaron saal nargis apni be-noori pe roti hai
Badi mushkil se hota hai chaman mein deedavar paida
For thousands of years the narcissus weeps over its own sightlessness — only with great difficulty is a truly seeing one born in the garden.
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ARABIC

Kabisa

An intercalary or leap year, with a day or month added to align it with the solar cycle.

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