Date: 08-Mar-2001
Word of the day: 'niim'


Meaning:

niim - half


Couplet:

ruKhasat kii gha.Dii kha.Dii hai sar par 
dil ko_ii do-niim kar gayaa hai 
[Parveen Shakir]


Associated word(s):

1) niim_shab - midnight

ruk ga_ii.n thii yuu.N zamiin-o-aasamaa.N kii gardishe.n 
niim_shab par shaam hii kaa thaa gumaa.N kal raat ko 
[Jagannath Azad]

[gardishe.n=cycles/rotations; gumaa.N= suspicion] 

2) niim_baaz - half open

'Meer' un niim_baaz aa.Nkho.n me.n
saarii mastii sharaab kii sii hai
[Meer Taqi Meer]

3) niim_Khvaabii/niim_Khvaabidaa - drowsiness

khilanaa kam kam kalii ne siikhaa hai
terii aa.Nkho.n kii niim_Khvaabii se
[Meer Taqi Meer]

4) niim_kash - half drawn

ko_ii mere dil se puuchhe tere tiir-e-niim_kash ko 
ye Khalish kahaa.N se hotii jo jigar ke paar hotaa
[Mirza Ghalib]

[teer-e-niim-kash = half drawn arrow]

5) niiim_vaa - half open/blossomed

Khud phuul ne bhii ho.nTh kiye apane niim_vaa
chorii tamaam rang kii titalii ke sar na jaaye
[Parveen Shakir]

6) niim_roz - mid-day/noon

jab vo jamaal-e-dil_faroz suurat-e-mehar-e-niim_roz
aap hii ho nazaaraa soz parde me.n muu.Nh chhupaaye kyuu.N
[Mirza Ghalib]

7) niim_bismil - half-dead/gravely wounded

naavak andaaz jidhar diidaa-e-jaanaa.N ho.nge 
niim_bismil ka_ii ho.nge ka_ii bejaa.N ho.nge 
[Momin Khan Momin]

[naavak = arrow]