Urdu Dictionary
Turkish · noun · Struggle & the Sword

Topkhana

तोपख़ाना
said TOP-khaa-na
also written: topkhanah, top-khana
Meaning

Artillery; a battery or park of cannon, and the corps that serves them.

Literally: house of cannon

See it in the verse

Topkhana in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
Self-Knowledge · Awakening · Selfhood
Related words
TURKISH

Top

A cannon or piece of heavy artillery.

PERSIAN

Lashkar

An army, host, military force, camp.

← Back to the dictionary