Date: 08-Aug-2002
Word of the day: 'bekasii'


Meaning:

bekasii - 1) helplessness 2) distress, grief [n. fem. Persian]


Couplet:

ek bekasii hai hijr ke maaro.n ke saath saath
TuuTaa hai meraa dil bhii sahaaro.n ke saath saath
[Yahya Jasdanwalla]

Associated word(s):

1) bekas - sad, destitute [adj. Persian]

bekas pe karam kiijiye sarkaar-e-madiinaa
gardish me.n hai taqadiir bha.Nvar me.n hai safiinaa
[Shakeel Badayuni]

2) bekasaa.N/bekasaan - pluralof 'bekas'

bekasaan-e-raah-e-ulfat ko samajhate kyaa ho
arsh hil jaaye agar dil se ye faryaad kare.n
[Jigar Moradabadi]