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Toota-phoota

टूटा-फूटा
Meaning

Broken-down; rickety; halting (as broken speech).

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.
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