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Persian · noun · Mind & Knowledge
Shumaar
शुमार
Meaning
Counting, reckoning, enumeration; the numbering of things.
See it in the verse
Shumaar in Iqbal’s couplets
Sai-e-paiham hai taraazu-e-kam-o-kaif-e-hayat
Teri mizan hai shumar-e-sahar-o-sham abhi
Ceaseless striving is the true scale for the measure and quality of a life; you, so far, still weigh life by the count of mornings and evenings.
Action · Aspiration · Restlessness
Related words
PERSIAN
Beshumaar
Innumerable, without count; very many.
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