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Shir-khwar

शीरख़्वार
also written: Shirkhwar
Meaning

A suckling infant; a baby still at the breast.

Literally: milk-drinker

See it in the verse

Shir-khwar in Iqbal’s couplets

Sitara kya meri taqdir ki khabar dega
Wo khud farakhi-e-aflak mein hai khwar o zubun
What can a star tell me of my destiny? It is itself helpless and lowly in the vast reach of the skies.
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