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ehtiyat(f): caution

Description of ehtiyat: Ehtiyat is an Urdu word meaning caution, precaution, or carefulness taken to avoid risk or danger. Unlike recklessness, which invites harm through impulsiveness, ehtiyat promotes safety by deliberate restraint. Differs from mere vigilance, as it emphasizes proactive measures rather than passive watchfulness. In Urdu poetry, it appears as measured wisdom, like in Ghalib's verses urging thoughtful reserve amid life's uncertainties.

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ye ehtiyat ka aalam bhi kya qayaamat hai

pukaar bhi na sake tujhko

tere naam se hum

this state of caution

how calamitous it was

i could not even

call out to you by your name

Sahir Ludhianvi (18)

1971: Padma Shri

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ehtiyat (f) (1)

caution

aalam (m) (9)

world, state

qayaamat (f) (9)

catastrophe, apocalypse

pukaar (m) (1)

call

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