Date: 12-Nov-2001
Word of the day: 'paiGaam'


Meaning:

paiGaam - message [n. mas. Persian]


Couplet:

paiGaam diyaa hai kabhii paiGaam liyaa hai
aa.Nkho.n ne mahabbat me.n ba.Daa kaam kiyaa hai
[Hafeez Banarasi]


Associated word(s):

1. paiGaam_bar/paiGaam_rasaa.N - messenger [adj. Persian]

kaisaa javaab hazarat-e-dil dekhiye zaraa
paiGaam_bar ke haath me.n Tuka.De zubaa.N ke hai.n
[Daag Dehlvi]

2. paiGaam_barii - messaging activity/carrying messages back and forth [n. fem. Persian]

3. paiGaam-e-zabaanii - verbal message 

dekhe Khat muu.Nh dekhataa hai naamaabar
kuchh to paiGaam-e-zabaanii aur hai
[Mirza Ghalib]