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Date: 19-Mar-2000
Word of the Day: 'guftaguu'

Meaning:
guftaguu - talk

Couplet:
har ek baat pe kahate ho ki tuu kyaa hai
tumhii.n kaho ki ye a.ndaaz-e-guftaguu kyaa hai
[Mirza Ghalib]

Associated word:

guftanii - worth mentioning
guftaa - said
guftaar - talk

Some more couplets:

haal-e-bad guftanii nahii.n meraa
tum ne puuchhaa to meharabaanii kii
[Meer Taqi Meer]

nahii.n hai taaqat-e-guftaar aur agar ho bhii
to kis ummiid pe kahiye ki aarazuu kyaa hai
[Mirza Ghalib]