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Date: 02-Feb-2004
Word of the day: 'hijaab'


Meaning:

hijaab - 1. modesty, bashfulness, shyness, coyness 2. curtain


Couplet:

taasiir-e-jazb-e-shauq dikhaaye huye to hai.n 
ham teraa har hijaab uThaaye huye to hai.n 
[Majaz]

[taasiir=effect/result; jazbaa=emotion]


muddato.n bichha.De rahe phir bhii gale to mil liye
ham ko sharm aa_ii to kyaa un ko hijaab aayaa to kyaa
[Shakeel Badayuni]


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