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Toota-phoota

टूटा-फूटा
also written: Toota-Phuta
Meaning

Colloquial reduplicative: broken-down and battered; also 'broken' as in halting, imperfect (e.g. toota-phoota Hindi).

See it in the verse

Toota-phoota in Iqbal’s couplets

Uruj-e-adam-e-khaki se anjum sahme jaate hain
Ki ye toota hua tara mah-e-kamil na ban jaaye
The stars take fright at the rise of the human being of dust — afraid that this broken star may yet become a full moon.
Aspiration · Hope · Selfhood
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SANSKRIT

Toota

Broken; as of a broken bone or limb.

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