pathar

Updated: January 11, 2026

The word chikmak or chikmak, is wrongly called "a flint" in the dictionaries. It merely denotes the piece of steel used in striking a fire. The flint is called chikmak ka pathar. Literally, "at the seeing of which the liver would be turned into water."

Mīr Amman Dihlavī - Bagh O Bahar, or Tales of the Four Darweshes