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Saiyaad

सय्याद
said sai-YAAD
also written: saiyad, sayyad, sayyaad
Meaning

A hunter or fowler; one who snares birds and game.

How Iqbal uses it

The saiyaad with his net is a recurring figure of the captor against whom the free bird strains.

See it in the verse

Saiyaad in Iqbal’s couplets

Khatar-pasand tabiyat ko saazgar nahin
Wo gulsitan ki jahan ghaat mein na ho sayyad
A nature that loves danger finds no comfort in a garden where no hunter lies in wait.
Courage · Restlessness · Adversity
Related words
PERSIAN

Daam

The snare or net spread by the fowler to catch birds.

SANSKRIT

Jaal

A net or web, the mesh in which prey is entangled.

ARABIC

Sayd

Prey or quarry, the game pursued in the hunt.

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