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Sinaan-e-Kavish

सिनान-ए-काविश
said si-NAAN-e-KAA-vish
also written: sinan-e-kavish
Meaning

A probing or searching spear-point; figuratively a piercing thrust of inquiry.

Literally: spear-point of probing

See it in the verse

Sinaan-e-Kavish in Iqbal’s couplets

Main tujh ko batata hun taqdir-e-umam kya hai
Shamsheer-o-sinan avval taaus-o-rubab aakhir
Let me tell you the fate of nations: the sword and the spear come first, the peacock and the lute come last.
Action · Adversity · Leadership
Related words
ARABIC

Sinaan

The sharpened point or head of a spear or lance.

PERSIAN

Neza

A spear, lance, javelin.

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