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takhayyul(m): imagination

Description of takhayyul: Takhayyul is the Urdu word denoting the mind's power to form mental images, create or recreate sensory experiences, and recombine ideas from memory or perception into new conceptions. Unlike mere daydreaming, it involves a structured creative faculty for ideal reconstruction. Differs from tasawar, which means basic conception or notion without full imaginative elaboration. In Urdu poetry, takhayyul evokes vivid, innovative imagery in ghazals and nazms.

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yeh kis ne phone pe di saal-e-nau ki tahneeyat mujh ko

tamanna raqs karti hai

takhayyul gungunaata hai

when this someone called to

wish me a new year on the phone

desire dances around me

my imagination stars to sing

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tamanna (m) (13)

wish, desire

raqs (m) (3)

dance

tahneeyat (f) (1)

wishes, greetings

takhayyul (m) (1)

imagination

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