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Our endeavor is to bring Urdu closer to you by introducing interesting words that made us curious.

Zaara

November 6, 2012

The Urdu lafz ‘Zaara’, most commonly used as a feminine name, is of Arabic origin which means beautiful flower. In …

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Musalsal

October 30, 2012

Musalsal means successive, a series, linked, chained. It was used by the legendary Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi in an illustrative …

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Zaheen

October 23, 2012

Zaheen means someone who is sensible, samajhdaar in Hindi. Khush-shakl bhi hai who, yeh alag baat hai magar Humko zaheen …

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Ek bosa

October 16, 2012

The Urdu word for a kiss, bosa at first seems to sound very incongruous as a lafz belonging to such …

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Kaif, Kaifi, Kaifiyat

October 9, 2012

Kaifi – an interesting lafz in the Urdu vocabulary, it refers to a person who is intoxicated. Kaif means intoxication. …

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Fann

October 2, 2012

Fann means art, skill, talent. Fankaar is anyone who has a talent or a skill or a lot of expertise …

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Habib – Raqeeb

September 25, 2012

Habib means a friend. The opposite of habib in Urdu is ‘raqeeb’ meaning a rival, especially in the context of …

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Larzish

September 18, 2012

The meaning of the Urdu word larzish is to quiver / tremor. Typically it is used in Urdu poetry to say ‘awaaz …

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Shajar

September 11, 2012

Shajar is the Urdu lafz for a Tree Yun dekhiye toh aandhi mein bas ek shajar gaya hai lekin na …

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Harf

September 4, 2012

Harf – means a letter or a word of the alphabet. In Hindi Harf is called Akshar haruf-e-tahaji means Alphabet ( In …

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