Iztirab | Ishtiyaq
Iztirab – anxiety, uneasiness Ishtiyaq – wish, liking, fondness These two lafz have been woven together beautifully by Maulana Hasrat …
Category Archives: LAFZ
Tarteeb
Tarteeb means an arrangement or a line (of something) This beautiful Ibteda (the beginning) written by Gulzar for the TV …
Nijaat
Nijaat (نجات) – means freedom, liberation Is jahan ke dukhon se nijaat mil jayay, tum jo mil jao to hayaat …
Wafaa
Wafaa means faithful/fidelity Bewafaa means unfaithful. Both these words ” wafaa” and ” bewafaa” are used in many Hindi songs. …
Taqseem
The lafz Taqseem or Taksim, has Arabic origins and means distribution. It is most commonly used in reference to the …
Takalluf
Takalluf means Formality/Ceremony Takaluff karna means to be ceremonious, Takallufat means ceremonies. Below is an excerpt from a beautiful poem. Faslon …
Pisar
Pisar means Son, Boy This word has been used by poet Firaaq Gorakhpuri in a splendid poem. Given below …
Borrowed Words..
We, the Urduwallahs, have often wondered about the origin of certain words we frequently use, in our everyday life – …
21 untranslatable words
Goya, the simple unassuming Urdu lafz which means “as if” and has been mentioned on our blog before (https://urduwallahs.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/goya) makes …
Anjuman
Anjuman (Urdu: انجمن)means an assembly, association, gathering or meeting. Anjuman is originally a Persian word, its roots are from the …
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