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tar

तर
said TAR
Meaning

Wet; moist; soaked.

How Iqbal uses it

Persian word for wet; opposite of 'khushk'.

See it in the verse

tar in Iqbal’s couplets

Tu bacha bacha ke na rakh ise tera aaina hai wo aaina
ke shikasta ho to aziz-tar hai nigah-e-aaina-saaz mein
Do not keep your mirror anxiously protected — yours is the kind of mirror that, even when shattered, is dearer in the eyes of its maker.
Courage · Selfhood · Adversity
Related words
PERSIAN

khushk

Dry; arid; (of manner) curt.

SANSKRIT

geela

Wet; damp; moist.

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