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Zaboon-haal

ज़बूँ-हाल
Meaning

In a wretched, miserable, and helpless condition.

Literally: wretched of state

See it in the verse

Zaboon-haal in Iqbal’s couplets

Abhi tak aadmi sayd-e-zaboon-e-shahryari hai
Qayamat hai ki insaan nau-e-insaan ka shikari hai
Even now, the human being is the wretched prey of the rule of kings — it is a catastrophe that one human still hunts another.
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Related words
PERSIAN

Zaboon

Wretched, miserable, or in a sorry state.

PERSIAN

Zaboon-haali

Wretched condition, miserable plight.

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