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Shahbaazi

शहबाज़ी
said shah-baa-zee
Meaning

The royal soaring flight and nature of the great falcon; lofty self-reliance.

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal's shaheen ideal extends here: the shahbaazi temperament that disdains the ground and seizes the heights.

See it in the verse

Shahbaazi in Iqbal’s couplets

Wo fareb-khurda shahin ki pala ho kargason mein
Use kya khabar ki kya hai rah-o-rasm-e-shahbazi
That deceived falcon, raised among vultures, what would it know of the ways and customs of the royal hawk?
The Falcon · Selfhood · Awakening
Related words
PERSIAN

Shahbaaz

A royal white falcon; a noble hawk.

PERSIAN

Shaheen

The royal falcon.

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