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Sheesha

शीशा

also written: Shisha

Meaning

Glass; a mirror or pane of glass.

How Iqbal uses it

Everyday word for glass; also a mirror, and the water-pipe (hookah).

See it in the verse

Sheesha in Iqbal’s couplets

Utha na sheesha-garaan-e-firang ke ehsaan
Safaal-e-Hind se mina-o-jaam paida kar

Do not be indebted to the glassmakers of the foreign land — fashion your goblet and cup from the clay of your own soil.

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Related words

Gilaas

A drinking glass or tumbler.

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