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Arabic · noun · Nature & the Garden

Sayyad

सय्याद
said say-YAAD
also written: sayyad, fowler, hunter
Meaning

The fowler or hunter; the netter of birds who threatens the garden, an emblem of the oppressor and snarer.

Literally: hunter

See it in the verse

Sayyad 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
ARABIC

Qafas

The cage in which the captured bird is confined, cut off from its garden and sky.

PERSIAN

Daam

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

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