Date: 14-Mar-2001
Word of the day: 'mudaavaa'


Meaning:

mudaavaa - cure/remedy/treatment

Origin: Arabic
Gender: masculine

'mudaavaa' is actually a short form of 'mudaavaat'.
'mudaavaat' is of the feminine gender.

Couplet:

aisaa na ho ye dard bane dard-e-laadavaa
aisaa na ho ki tum bhii mudaavaa na kar sako
[Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum]

[laadavaa = without cure]