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Yunan

यूनान
also written: Yunaan
Meaning

Greece; ancient Greek civilisation.

How Iqbal uses it

Yunan, the seat of ancient philosophy, is named first among the perished glories in Tarana-e-Hindi; for Iqbal even the home of reason could not escape the erasing march of time.

See it in the verse

Yunan in Iqbal’s couplets

Yunan-o-Misr-o-Roma sab mit gaye jahan se
Ab tak magar hai baqi naam-o-nishan hamara
Greece, Egypt and Rome have all been erased from the world — yet our name and our mark still remain.
Hope · Unity
Related words
ARABIC

Misr

Egypt.

ARABIC

Ruma

Rome; the Roman empire.

ARABIC

Falsafa

Philosophy, systematic rational inquiry into reality.

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