Persian · noun · Nation, Faith & Society
Sarmayadari
सरमायादारी
said sar-maa-ya-DAA-ree
also written: sarmaayadari, capitalism, sarmayadaari
Meaning
Capitalism; rule of capital. Iqbal denounced it as a system in which a few hoard wealth wrung from the labour and blood of the many, and called the worker to rise against it.
Literally: holding of capital
Related words
ARABIC
Ishtirakiyat
Socialism / communism; collective ownership. Iqbal sympathised with its revolt against capitalist greed and its concern for the worker, but rejected its atheism and pure economic materialism.
PERSIAN
Mazdoor
A labourer, worker, wage-earner.
URDU
Karl Marx
Karl Marx (1818-1883), German thinker, founder of scientific socialism; Iqbal saw him as a prophet without revelation, praising his stand for the oppressed worker yet faulting his materialism and denial of God.