Urdu Dictionary
Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Seer

सीर
Meaning

Garlic; the Persian name for the pungent bulb.

See it in the verse

Seer in Iqbal’s couplets

Khudi ka sirr-e-nihan La Ilaha Illallah
Khudi hai taeg fasan La Ilaha Illallah
The hidden secret of the self is 'There is no god but God'; the self is the sword, and that declaration is the whetstone that sharpens it.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Courage
Khudi mein doob ja ghafil, ye sirr-e-zindagani hai
Nikal kar halqa-e-shaam-o-sahar se javedan ho ja
Dive into your selfhood, O heedless one — this is the secret of life. Step out of the ring of evening and morning, and become everlasting.
Selfhood · Self-Knowledge · Awakening
Related words
SANSKRIT

Lahsun

Garlic (Allium sativum); the pungent clove-bulb, a warming remedy called 'the poor mans theriac'.

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