Date: 21-Mar-2002
Word of the day: 'munaqqash'


Meaning:

munaqqash - carved, decorated [adj. Arabic]


Couplet:

ye chaman_zaar ye jamunaa kaa kinaaraa ye mahal 
ye munaqqash dar-o-diivaar ye maharaab ye taaq 
ik shahanashaah ne daulat kaa sahaaraa le kar 
ham Gariibo.n kii muhabbat kaa u.Daayaa hai mazaaq
[Sahir Ludhianvi]

[maharaab = arch]