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Shabtab

शबताब
said shab-TAAB
also written: shabtab, firefly, glow-worm
Meaning

The firefly or glow-worm; literally 'night-shiner', the small lamp that glows in the dark, kin to the jugnu.

Literally: night-glower

Related words
SANSKRIT

Jugnu

The firefly, the small insect that carries its own faint light through the dark.

PERSIAN

Sharar / Shola

Spark (sharar) and flame (shola).

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