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Sar-e-ab

सरे आब
Meaning

A waterfowl or moorhen; a bird that lives at the water's head. (Poetic compound.)

Literally: water-bird

See it in the verse

Sar-e-ab 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?
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PERSIAN

Murghabi

A waterfowl; a wild duck.

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