Arabic · noun · Nature & the Garden
Talatum
तलातुम
said ta-LAA-tum
also written: Talaatum
Meaning
The surging and dashing of waves; turbulence of the sea.
Usage & notes
Talatum is the storm of the ocean, the tumult of clashing waves, and one of Iqbal's grand images of revolutionary ferment and the energy of restless life. The sea's turbulence is preferred to the dead calm of the stagnant pool.