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Tootha-phoota

टूटा-फूटा
also written: Toota-phoota
Meaning

Broken and battered; rickety — also 'broken' (halting) speech.

See it in the verse

Tootha-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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