Date: 26-Apr-2001
Word of the day: 'hilaal'


Meaning:

hilaal - crescent moon [n. mas. Arabic]

Note: 'hilaal' is often used by itself to mean 'new moon'.


Couplet:

roze kii Khushkiyo.n se jo hai.n zard zard gaal 
Khush ho gaye vo dekhate hii iid kaa hilaal 
[Nazeer Akbarabadi]


Associated word(s):

1. hilaal_numaa - like a new moon [adj. Arabic/Persian]

2. hilaalii - like a new moon [adj. Arabic]

3. hilaal-e-iid - moon of Eid [n. mas. Arabic]

hamaarii iid to hai dekhane par tere abaruu ko
hilaal-e-iid ko ai mah_jabii.n dekhaa to kyaa dekhaa
[Bahadur Shah Zafar]

4. hilaal-e-nau - new moon [n. mas. Arabic/Persian]