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Thamar

समर
said tha-mar
also written: Samar
Meaning

Fruit or produce, a variant of samar denoting the yield of a tree or of effort.

How Iqbal uses it

Like samar, thamar marks the fruit of growth and the reward of endeavour. It belongs to the imagery of harvest by which Iqbal measures whether a season of striving has come to fulfilment.

See it in the verse

Thamar in Iqbal’s couplets

Main shakh-e-tak hun meri ghazal hai mera samar
Mere samar se mai-e-lala-fam paida kar
I am a branch of the vine, my song is my fruit; from that fruit press out the tulip-red wine.
Action · Aspiration · Youth
Related words
ARABIC

Samar

Fruit, the ripened yield of a tree; figuratively the result or reward of effort.

PERSIAN

Daana

A grain or seed, a single kernel of corn; also the bait scattered for birds.

PERSIAN

Khirman

A harvest-heap, a threshing-floor stacked with the gathered, reaped grain.

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