Date: 18-Apr-2002
Word of the day: 'shamshiir'


Meaning:

shamshiir - sword [n. fem. Persian]


Couplet:

har samt hai.n kaTii pa.Dii phuulo.n kii gardane.n
ab ke sabaa hii baaG me.n shamshiir ban ga_ii
[Unknown]


Associated word(s):

1. shamshiir_dam - sharp-edged like a sword [adj. Persian]

2. shamshiir ba_kaf - (with) sword in hand [adj. Persian]

3. shamshiir-e-ajal - sword of death [n. fem. Persian/Arabic]

4. shamshiir-e-aab_daar - sharp sword [n. fem. Persian]

5. shamshiir-e-dudam - double-edged sword [n. fem. Persian]

6. shamshiir-e-barahanaa - unsheathed sword/sword out of the scabbard [n. fem. Persian]

shamashiir barahanaa maa.Ng Gazab 
baalo.n kii mahak phir vaisii hai 
juu.De kii gundhaavat bahar-e-Khudaa 
zulfo.n kii laTak phir vaisii hai 
[Bahadur Shah Zafar]