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- آرزوaarzoodesire; yearning
- آشیاںaashiyaannest; home
- اناanaego; self-esteem; pride
- انجمنanjumanassembly; society; gathering
- ارمانarmaanlonging; cherished hope
- بیت بازیbait-baazia verse game: each player recites a couplet…
- بیزارbezaarweary; fed up; averse
- چمنchamangarden; flower bed
- چراغcharaaghlamp
- چلمنchilmanbamboo screen or blind
- دریچہdareechasmall window
- دستکdastaka knock on the door
- دیارdayaarland; region; dwelling place
- دلdilheart; also mind, courage
- دنیاduniyaworld
- غزلghazala poem of rhyming couplets sharing one metre,…
- حبابhabaabbubble (on water); something fleeting
- حقیقتhaqeeqatreality; truth
- حوصلہhauslacourage; morale; patience
- ہجرhijrseparation from the beloved
- امتحانimtehaantest; trial; examination
- انتظارintezaarwaiting; anticipation
- عشقishqintense love; passion; devotion
- اضطرابiztiraabrestlessness; anxiety
- جنتjannatparadise; heaven
- جدائیjudaaiseparation
- خاکkhaakdust; earth; ashes
- خبرkhabarnews; awareness; knowledge of something
- خیالkhayaalthought; idea; care for someone
- خودداریkhuddaariself-respect; dignity
- خودیkhudiselfhood; self-awareness; in Iqbal, the dignified, striving self
- خلدkhuldparadise (literary)
- خواہشkhwaahishwish; desire
- کشتkishtcultivated field; crop
- لفظlafzword
- مقطعmaqtaclosing couplet of a ghazal, usually containing the…
- مطلعmatlaopening couplet of a ghazal, where both lines…
- محفلmehfilgathering; assembly, especially of poetry or music
- مصرعmisraone line of a couplet
- معینmu'ayyanfixed; appointed; determined
- مدعاmudda'aapurpose; what one wants to say
- مشاعرہmushaa'iraa gathering where poets recite their work
- مشتاقmushtaaqeager; longing
- نازکیnaazukidelicacy; tenderness
- نشیمنnashemannest; dwelling
- نظمnazma poem developed around one subject, with a…
- نیم بازneem-baazhalf-open (of eyes)
- پروانہparwaanamoth drawn to a flame; a devoted lover
- پروازparwaazflight; soaring
- قافیہqaafiyarhyme word that changes in each couplet of…
- قناعتqanaa'atcontentment; being satisfied with what one has
- قسمتqismatfate; destiny; luck
- قطعہqit'aa short poem, often four lines, whose couplets…
- رازداںraazdaanconfidant; keeper of secrets
- ردیفradeefrefrain: the word or phrase repeated after the…
- رقیبraqeebrival in love
- رواںravaanflowing; ongoing; fluent
- رضاrazawill; wish; consent
- رباعیrubaaia quatrain in specific metres, usually rhyming AABA
- ساقیsaaqicupbearer; in poetry, the one who pours wine,…
- سائباںsaayebaancanopy; shelter giving shade
- صفحہsafhapage
- سخاوتsakhaawatgenerosity
- سرابsaraabmirage; illusion
- ثوابsawaabspiritual reward for good deeds
- شاہینshaaheenfalcon; in Iqbal, a symbol of the free,…
- شمعsham'acandle; lamp
- شعرshera couplet; two lines forming a complete thought
- سخنsukhanspeech; eloquent words; poetry
- تدبیرtadbeerplan; remedy; means
- تغافلtaghaafuldeliberate neglect; feigned indifference
- تخلصtakhallusa poet's pen name, used in the closing…
- تمناtamannawish; aspiration
- تنہائیtanhaailoneliness; solitude
- تقدیرtaqdeerdestiny; divine decree
- امیدummeedhope
- ویرانveeraandesolate; deserted; ruined
- وصالvisaalunion with the beloved; meeting
- وفاwafafaithfulness; loyalty; keeping promises
- ورقwaraqpage; leaf of a book
- زرخیزzarkhezfertile
- زینتzeenatadornment; beauty; grace
- زہدzohdasceticism; piety; renunciation