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Date: 23-Mar-2000
Word of the Day: 'viiraa.N'

Meaning:
viiraa.N - lonely, desolate place

Also written as viiraan, depending on the necessaties 
of metre in poetry.

Couplet:

jii Khush huaa hai masjid-e-viiraa.N dekh kar
merii tarah Khudaa kaa bhii Khaanaa Kharaab hai
[Abdul Hameed Adam]

Associated words:

viiraa.Nkun - destroyer
viiraa.Nsaraa - deserted place
viiraanii - desolation/loneliness
viiraanaa - lonely, desolate place (same as viiraa.N)
viiraanashii.n - one who dwells in a desolate place

Some more couplets:

ko_ii viiraanii sii viiraanii hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayaa
[Ghalib]

vo bhii shaayad ro pa.De viiraan kaagaz dekh kar
mai.n ne un ko aaKhirii Khat me.n likhaa kuchh bhii nahii.n
[Nizam Rampuri]