Date: 08-June-2001
Word of the day: 'daraaz'


Meaning:

daraaz - long [adj. Persian]


Couplet:

umr-e-daraaz maa.Ng ke laaye the chaar din
do aarazuu me.n kaT gaye do intizaar me.n
[Bahadur Shah Zafar]

Associated word(s):

1. daraazii - length/height [n. fem. Persian]

2. daraaz_qaamat - tall [adj. Persian]

mauj-e-Khiraam duur tak rang nazar me.n bhar ga_ii
terii daraaz_qaamatii umr daraaz kar ga_ii
[Shaz Tamkanat]

3. daraaz_qad - tall [adj. Persian/Arabic]

4. daraaz_gosh - (having) long ears [adj. Persian]

Note: It is also used to refer to a type of donkey, in which 
case it is a Persian noun of the masculine gender

5. daraaz_dast - oppressor/tormentor [adj. Persian]

6. daraaz_dastii - oppression/torment [n. fem. Persian]

7. daraaz_dum - long tailed animal usually refers to a chameleon [n. mas. Persian]

8. daraaz_nafasii - one who talks a lot [n. fem Persian/Arabic]