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Ummeed

उम्मीद
also written: Umeed
Meaning

Hope, expectation, the anticipation of a good outcome.

How Iqbal uses it

true

See it in the verse

Ummeed in Iqbal’s couplets

Na ho naumeed, naumeedi zawal-e-ilm-o-irfan hai
Umeed-e-mard-e-momin hai Khuda ke razdanon mein
Do not despair — despair is the downfall of knowledge and insight. The hope of a person of conviction stands among those who know the deepest secrets.
Hope · Youth · Courage
Related words
SANSKRIT

Aas

Hope; expectation, longing.

ARABIC

Tavaqqo

Expectation, hope of receiving something from another.

ARABIC

Yaas

Despair, hopelessness.

PERSIAN

Naumeedi

Hopelessness, despair.

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