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Shikaar

शिकार
said shi-kaar
Meaning

The hunt, or the prey that is hunted; the chase of game.

How Iqbal uses it

Shikaar carries the double sense of the pursuit and its target, central to Iqbal's eagle imagery of a self that lives by striking for its own quarry. It celebrates the active, predatory life over the passive existence of the hunted.

See it in the verse

Shikaar in Iqbal’s couplets

Nigah-e-ishq dil-e-zinda ki talash mein hai
Shikar-e-murda sazawar-e-shahbaz nahin
The gaze of love is searching for a living heart — dead quarry is not worthy of the royal falcon.
Love · The Falcon · Awakening
Related words
ARABIC

Sayd

Prey or quarry, the game pursued in the hunt.

ARABIC

Sayyaad

The hunter or fowler who lays snares to trap the birds of the garden.

PERSIAN

Shikra

A small sparrowhawk used in falconry, swift and sharp in the hunt.

PERSIAN

Shaheen

The royal falcon.

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