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Date: 05-Apr-2000
Word of the Day: 'sifat'

Meaning:
sifat - 1) quality 2) like/similar to

Couplet:

vo ba.Daa rahiim-o-kariim hai mujhe ye sifat bhii ataa kare 
tujhe bhuulane kii duaa karuu.N to duaa me.n merii asar na ho 
[Bashir Badr]

[rahiim-o-kariim - kind & generous] 

tujh lab kii sifat laal-e-badaKhshaa.N so kahuu.Ngaa
jaduu hai.n tere nai.n Gazaalaa.N so kahuu.Ngaa
[Wali Deccani]

[lab = lips; laal = ruby; Gazaalaa.N = deer; so = compare to]
[badaKhshaa.N = place in Afghanistan famous for its rubies]