Date: 07-Jan-2002
Word of the day: 'taubaa'


Meaning:

taubaa - vow/promise not to sin [n. fem. Arabic]

[It is commonly referred to the vow of abstinence]


Couplet:

vo kaun hai.n jinhe.n taubaa kii mil ga_ii fursat
hame.n gunaah bhii karane ko zindagii kam hai
[Anand Narain Mullah]


Associated word(s):

1. taubaashikan - something/someone that breaks a vow or causes a vow to be broken [adj. Arabic/Persian]

kis qadar taubaashikan shoKh kii anga.Daa_ii hai
maikadaa guu.Nj uThaa dekho ghaTaa chhaa_ii hai

2. taubaashikanii - breaking of a vow [n. Arabic/Persian]

paimaane ko ham muu.Nh se lagate na lagaate
saaqii kii mulaaqaat hii taubaashikanii thii

3. taubaanaamaa - written pledge or vow [n. mas. Arabic/Persian]


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