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Persian · noun · Poetry, Speech & Art

Ustaad

उस्ताद
said us-taad
also written: Ustad
Meaning

A teacher, master or expert in a craft or art.

How Iqbal uses it

The master who instructs; in poetry the ustaad is the senior who corrects and guides the pupil's verse.

See it in the verse

Ustaad in Iqbal’s couplets

Khirad ko ghulami se azad kar
Jawanon ko peeron ka ustad kar
Free the intellect from slavery; make the young the teachers of the old.
Youth · Freedom · Awakening
Related words
PERSIAN

Shaagird

A pupil, student or disciple.

ARABIC

Murshid

A spiritual guide or master who directs the disciple along the path to God.

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