Date: 05-June-2001
Word of the day: 'daar'


Meaning:

daar - 1. gallows [n. fem. Persian] 2. house/home/place [n. mas. Arabic]

Note: 'daar' is also used as a suffix as in 'hissedaar', 'daaG_Daar', etc.


Couplet:

mai.n chup rahaa ki is me.n thii aafiyat jaa.N kii 
ko_ii to merii tarah thaa jo daar par bhii gayaa 
[Ahmed Faraz]


Associated word(s):

1. daar-o-rasan - gallows and rope (hangman's noose)

aayaa hai kabhii zikr agar daar-o-rasan kaa 
gesuu-va-qad-e-yaar kii baat aa hii ga_ii hai 


** I realize that daar-o-rasan probably does not qualify 
as an associated word. Nevertheless, the usage of the two 
words in juxtaposition is so common in Urdu poetry that I 
thought it appropriate to include it here. **