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Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Taoos

ताऊस
said taa-OOS
also written: taus, taoos, peacock
Meaning

The peacock; its jewelled tail makes it the courtly emblem of beauty, vanity and royal display.

Literally: peacock

See it in the verse

Taoos 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.
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Related words
SANSKRIT

Mor

The peacock, the dazzling display-bird of the Indian garden famed for its plumage and dance.

PERSIAN

Tazarw

The pheasant; a bird praised for its graceful, strutting gait in the meadow.

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