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Siyaahi

सियाही
said si-yaa-hee
also written: Siyahi
Meaning

Blackness or darkness of hue; also ink.

See it in the verse

Siyaahi in Iqbal’s couplets

Teri zindagi isi se teri aabru isi se
Jo rahi khudi to shahi na rahi to ru-siyahi
Your life depends on this, your honour depends on this: if selfhood remains you reign like a king, if it is lost only disgrace remains.
Selfhood · Courage · Self-Knowledge
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PERSIAN

siyaah

Black; dark; (figuratively) ill-fated.

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