Date: 13-Nov-2001
Word of the day: 'paimaan'


Meaning:

paimaan - promise/pledge [n. mas. Persian]

Note: 'paimaa.N' is an accepted short form of 'paimaan'


Couplet:

jab kisii se ko_ii paimaan-e-vafaa karataa hai
kaa.Np uThataa huu.N kahii.n meraa saa anjaam na ho
[Andleeb Shadani]

[anjaam = result/end]


ab ke tajdiid-e-vafaa kaa nahii.n imkaa.N jaanaa.N 
yaad kyaa tujh ko dilaaye.N teraa paimaa.N jaanaa.N 
[Ahmed Faraz]

[tajdiid = renewal; imkaa.N = possibility; jaanaa.N = dear one/beloved]


Associated word(s):

1. paimaa.N shikan - one who breaks a promise [adj. Persian]

2. paimaa.N shikanii - breaking of one's promise [n. fem. Persian]

duniyaa se bichha.Date ki 'Faraz' un ko bhulaate
har haal me.n apane liye paimaa.N shikanii thii
[Ahmed Faraz]