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Zabun

ज़बूँ
also written: Zaboon
Meaning

Wretched, weak, in a bad or wasted state of health or fortune.

See it in the verse

Zabun 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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