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Sahil-nasheen

साहिलनशीन
also written: Sahilnashin
Meaning

One who sits on the shore; a coast-dweller, or one who watches the sea from safety.

Literally: shore-sitter

See it in the verse

Sahil-nasheen in Iqbal’s couplets

Banaya ishq ne dariya-e-na-paida-karan mujh ko
Ye meri khud-nigah-dari mera sahil na ban jae
Love has made me a river with no visible shore; I fear my own self-guarding may become the bank that hems me in.
Love · Restlessness · Freedom
Related words
ARABIC

Saahil

Shore, coast, the safe bank.

PERSIAN

Kinara

Bank, shore, edge.

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