Urdu Dictionary
Persian · noun · Love & Longing

Sanam-parasti

सनम-परस्ती
Meaning

The worship of the beloved; devoted adoration of the fair idol-like loved one.

Literally: beloved-worship

See it in the verse

Sanam-parasti in Iqbal’s couplets

Main jo sar-ba-sajda hua kabhi to zameen se aane lagi sada
Tera dil to hai sanam-aashna tujhe kya milega namaz mein
Whenever I bowed my head in prostration, a voice rose from the earth: your heart is in love with idols — what will you gain from prayer?
Self-Knowledge · Humility
Related words
ARABIC

Sanam

Beloved, sweetheart; literally an idol, the beloved worshipped like one.

PERSIAN

Butparast

An idol-worshipper; in love-poetry, one who worships the beauty of the idol-like beloved.

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