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Date: 21-Mar-2000
Word of the Day: 'mu.ntazar'

Meaning:
mu.ntazir - one who is awaited 

Couplet:

kabhii ai haqiiqat-e-mu.ntazir nazar aa libaas-e-majaaz me.n
ki hazaaro.n sajde ta.Dap rahe hai.n merii jabiin-e-niyaaz me.n
[Sir Mohammed Iqbal]

[libaas = dress; majaaz = lawful; jabiin = forehead; niyaaz = supplication]


Associated words:

mu.ntazir - one who waits

Some more couplets:

mu.ntazir phuul me.n Khushbuu kii tarah huu.N kab se
ko_ii jho.nke kii tarah aaye u.Daa le jaaye
[Bashir Badr]