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Sanskrit · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Sooraj

सूरज
said SOO-raj
also written: suraj, surya
Meaning

The sun.

Literally: from Skt surya

See it in the verse

Sooraj in Iqbal’s couplets

Khol aankh, zameen dekh, falak dekh, fiza dekh
Mashriq se ubharte hue suraj ko zara dekh
Open your eyes — look at the earth, the sky, the open air; just look at the sun rising in the east.
Awakening · Hope
Related words
SANSKRIT

Chaand

The moon.

SANSKRIT

Kiran

A ray or beam of light.

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