1/1: kothey

ab urdu kya hai

ek kothey ki tawaif

mazaa har ek leta hai

mohabbat karta hai kaun

what is urdu

but a courtesan in a brothel

everyone has fun with her

but who loves her really?

Khursheed Afsar Baswani

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mohabbat (28) love

kothey (1) brothel

tawaif (1) prostitute, courtesan

mazaa (5) fun, delight

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