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nauj(m): lament

Description of nauj: 'Nauj' is an Urdu word meaning youth or young age, often evoking freshness and vitality. Unlike 'jawani', which broadly denotes the prime of life with vigor and passion, 'nauj' specifically highlights early youthfulness. Differs from 'nawjawan', a term for young person or adolescent, by emphasizing the abstract state rather than the individual. In Urdu poetry, it appears in ghazals symbolizing transient beauty and innocence, as in verses celebrating a beloved's

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akbar dabe naheen kisi sultan ki fauj se

lekin shaheed ho gaye

biwi ki nauj se

akbar was not subdued by

the army of an emperor

but he was martyred

by the lament of his wife

Akbar Allahabadi (12)

dabe (1)

vanquished, subdued

sultan (m) (2)

emperor

fauj (1)

army

shaheed (m) (1)

martyr

nauj (m) (1)

lament

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