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Date: 19-Mar-2001
Word of the day: 'nuur'


Meaning:

nuur - light/glow [Arabic, masculine]


Couplet:

kuchh qafas kii tiiliyo.n se chhan rahaa hai nuur saa 
kuchh fazaa kuchh hasarat-e-paravaaz ki baate.n karo 
[Firaq Gorakhpuri]

[qafas=cage/prison; nuur=light; hasarat-e-paravaaz=desire to fly] 


Associated word(s):

1) nuur_afzaa - that which increases light [Arabic/Persian]

2) nuur_afshaa.N/nuur_paash/nuur_fishaa.N/nuur_baar - that which spreads/scatters light [Arabic/Persian]

ye damakate huye zarraat pataa dete hai.n
is taraf se vo kabhii nuu_fishaa.n guzare hai.n
[Unknown]

3) nuur_baKhsh - that which gives light [Arabic/Persian]

4) nuuraanii - luminous/bright

5) nuurun alaanuur - lots of light (used to denote good luck/fortune) [Arabic]

6) nuurulain/nuur-e-ain/nuur-e-chashm/nuur-e-diidaa/nuur-e-nazar/nuur-e-nigaah - light of (one's) eyes [Arabic, masculine]

7) nuur-e-maah - moonlight [Arabic/Persian, masculine]

8) nuur-e-mujassam - one who is made of light/lighted from head to toe [Arabic. masculine]

9) nuur-e-shamaa - candle light [Arabic, masculine]

10) nuur-e-shams - sunlight [Arabic, masculine]

11) nuur-e-sahar - early morning light [Arabic, masculine]



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