Date: 20-Mar-2001
Word of the day: 'baad_baa.N'


Meaning:

baad_baa.N - sail [Persian, masculine]

Note: 'baad_baa.N' is also written as 'baad_baan' depending on the 
requirements of metre in Urdu poetry.

Couplet:

baad_baa.N khulane se pahale kaa ishaaraa dekhanaa
mai.n samandar dekhatii huu.N tum kinaaraa dekhanaa
[Parveen Shakir]

Associated word(s):

1) baad_baanii - (related to) sailing [Persian]

2) baad_baan-e-aKhzar - sky [Persian/Arabic, masculine]