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Tooti-e-Shakar

तूती-ए-शकर
said TOO-tee-e-sha-KAR
also written: tuti-e-shakar, sugar parrot
Meaning

The 'sugar-eating parrot'; the parrot that feeds on sweets, a figure for one whose speech is honeyed.

Literally: sugar parrot

See it in the verse

Tooti-e-Shakar in Iqbal’s couplets

Aag bujhi hui idhar TuuTi hui tanab udhar
Kya khabar is maqam se guzre hain kitne kaarvaan
A dead fire on one side, a snapped tent-rope on the other; who knows how many caravans have passed through this place.
Restlessness · Humility · Self-Knowledge
Related words
PERSIAN

Tooti

The parrot; renowned for sweet speech and a stock figure for the eloquent, sugar-tongued poet.

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