Date: 19-June-2001
Word of the day: 'paarasaa_ii'


Meaning:

paarasaa_ii - 1. self restraint 2. pure/chaste [n. fem. Persian]


Couplet:

agar baiThe rindo.n kii sohabat me.n zaahid 
to de chho.D sab paarasaa_ii kaa dhandhaa 
[Zafar Gorakhpuri]

[sohabat = company]


Associated word(s):

1. paarasaa - chaste, virtuous person [adj. Persian]

kahaa.N tuu Khumaar aur kahaa.N kufr-e-taubaa
tujhe paarasaao.n ne bahakaa diyaa hai
[Khumar Barabanakvi]