Date: 04-May-2001
Word of the day: 'niyaaz'


Meaning:

niyaaz - 1. request 2. offering 3. acquaintance [n. mas. Persian] 


Note: 'niyaaz' can also mean 'meeting' (mulaaqaat). When it 
is used in this context, it is used as noun of the feminine
gender.


Couplet:

mere niyaaz-e-ishq kii kyaa baat hai 'Shamim'
qadamo.n me.n husn ko na jhukaa duu.N to baat kyaa
[Shamim Jaipuri]

arz-e-niyaaz-e-ishq  ke qaabil nahii.n rahaa 
jis dil pe naaz thaa mujhe vo dil nahii.n rahaa 
[Mirza Ghalib]


Associated word(s):

1. niyaaz_mand - obedient [adj. Persian]

niyaaz_mand huu.N kaafii hai naaz karane ko
salaam jaa ke unhe.n gaah gaah kar lenaa
[Jaleel Manikpuri]

niyaaz_kesh/niyaaz_aagii.n have the same meaning as 'niyaaz_mand'


2. niyaaz_mandii - obedience/supplication [n. fem. Persian]

3. niyaaz_mandaanaa - obediently/humbly [adv. Persian]