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Meanings of the words in the verse — lafz dar lafz.

  • aabwater; liquid; sparkle
  • aabaadinhabitable; inhabited; populous
  • aadmiman; a human being; individual, person
  • aaeenamirror; glass; reflection; manifestation (of an attribute from oneself)
  • aagfire
  • aageforward; ahead; hereafter
  • aahsigh (usually of sorrow or despair)
  • aahistaslow; tardy, lazy; soft, gentle
  • aajtoday
  • aakhirafter all; at last
  • aalamworld; universe; mankind
  • aankheye; glance, look
  • aansutears
  • aarzulonging, wish, desire
  • aashiqlover, one who loves
  • aashnafriend; acquaintance; lover, paramour
  • aasmansky, heaven (poetic contraction of aasmaan)
  • aatishfire; flame; anger; rage; passion, zeal
  • aawaazvoice; sound, noise; sound (as opposed to video)
  • aazaadfree, independent; liberated; safe (from fear, worry etc.)
  • abhiimmediately, right away, shortly, at once, this instant, right now; currently, at present, at the moment, right now, just now; lately, recently, just, just now
  • abrcloud
  • achchhagood, fine; well, healthy
  • adabeauty, charm; elegance, grace; style; expression, imitation, manner
  • adamnonexistence, negation, nonentity, nothingness, void; non-possession, lack; being lost
  • afsaanastory, fiction, fable
  • ahadvow, pledge; covenant; era, epoch
  • ahalpeople (belonging to any particular person, place, order, or profession)
  • aishluxury, pleasure, delight; life; sensuality
  • ajabwonderful, astonishing, amazing, miraculous; rare, strange; droll
  • ajeebstrange; foreign; peculiar
  • aksaroften, frequently; usually, for the most part
  • allaahAllah; God
  • andaazstyle, manner
  • anjumanmeeting, assembly, gathering; society
  • aqlcommon sense; understanding, wisdom
  • armaanyearning, cherished desire
  • arzrequest; petition; width
  • asadlion
  • asarresult, consequence, impact; effect; influence
  • ashktears
  • azeezdear, loved
  • baadlater or succeeding time
  • baadair; wind; breeze; gale
  • baadaWine or any intoxicating drink
  • baaghgarden; orchard; grove; land, area
  • baalhair; wing (of a bird)
  • baaquiremainder, rest; excess, extra; outstanding balance
  • baartime, turn, occasion, instance, occurrence
  • baattalk, conversation; saying; word (promise)
  • badbad; evil; wicked
  • badabig, large, huge; massive, heavy; grown up, adult
  • badalchange; substitution
  • badanbody
  • baghairwithout; except
  • bahaarspring; bloom, flourishing
  • balaaffliction, scourge; great trouble, tribulation; misfortune, calamity, plague
  • banforest, wilderness
  • bandclosed, bound; stanza (of a poem)
  • barqueelectricity; lightning
  • bazaarmarket, souq (bazaar)
  • bazmassembly, gathering, company; banquet
  • bewafaunfaithful, disloyal
  • bhalagood; righteous; honest, respectable
  • bharall, every; whole, entire
  • bhoolmistake, error, blunder, oversight
  • boosmell, odor, scent; stink, stench
  • bulbulnightingale (the lover of the rose)
  • burabad (including all the broader meanings associated, i.e. sinner, oppressor, dirty, disgraced etc.); disliked, ugly; dirty
  • butidol, icon; statue; mistress
  • chaaktorn, rent (as a collar or garment); slit
  • chamangarden
  • chaandmoon
  • charaaghlamp, light
  • chashmeye
  • cheezthing (ie. object; item)
  • chehraface, visage, countenance; portrait, likeness; mask, facade
  • chhupasecret; hidden
  • chupsilent, quiet; still
  • daadpraise, applause; justice, redress
  • daagha stain, spot
  • daamprice, value, cost
  • daamanhem of a garment; skirt, petticoat; outskirts, edges; foothills; sail
  • daargallows; house, abode (as a suffix)
  • daharworld; time, age
  • dambreath; moment; life, vitality
  • dardoor
  • darfear, dread; apprehension, alarm, terror; awe
  • dardpain, ache; the sweet ache of love
  • dariyariver; sea
  • darkaarneeded, required
  • dashtdesert; wasteland, an arid plain
  • dasthand; power, authority; diarrhoea
  • dawamedicine, treatment; cure
  • deedsight, seeing; spectacle; regard
  • deedaarsight, seeing; view, appearance; face, countenance
  • deewaanamadman; one driven mad by love
  • deewarwall
  • dekhnato look, see, watch; to consider, ponder; to look after, care of
  • denato give, to grant; to deliver; to let

Some definitions are adapted from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0