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Tabdar

ताबदार
also written: Tabdaar, Taabdaar
Meaning

Lustrous, shining, radiant; also curling and glossy (of hair).

Literally: Tab (brilliance, also twist) plus dar (possessing).

Usage & notes

In the Khudi quatrain Iqbal bids the radiant, curling lock be made yet more tabdar, using the gleam of the beloved's tress as a figure for a self polished to ever greater brilliance.