Be-karaan • بے کراں (adj) (Persian)

Be-karaan • بے کراں (adj) (Persian)

Be-karaan • بے کراں (adj)
(Persian)

Limitless, boundless.

Example of the word in use in a verse by Makhmoor Jalandhari:

‘Maujudgi-e-jannat-o-dozaḳh se hai ayaan,
rahmat hai ek bahr magar be-karaan nahin.’

‘The presence of Heaven and Hell is indeed evident,
Mercy is like a sea but it is not boundless.’

Poem source: rekhta
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