Urdu Dictionary
Arabic · noun · Nature & the Garden

Sail

सैल
said SAIL
also written: sayl, sel
Meaning

A torrent or flood; a rushing stream of water.

Literally: flowing torrent

See it in the verse

Sail in Iqbal’s couplets

Tha zabt bahut mushkil is sail-e-maani ka
Kah Daale qalandar ne asrar-e-kitab aakhir
It was very hard to hold back this flood of meaning; at last the wandering sage spoke out the secrets of the book.
Courage · Self-Knowledge · Awakening
Related words
ARABIC

Mauj

Wave; a surge or swell.

ARABIC

Talatum

The surging and dashing of waves; turbulence of the sea.

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