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behad(m): withoutboundaries

Description of behad: Behad is an Urdu word meaning boundless, limitless, or extreme, often denoting something immeasurable in intensity or degree. Unlike mehdood, which implies restriction or finitude, behad conveys infinite expanse without constraints. Differs from zyada, signifying mere excess, as it evokes an absolute, poetic infinity. In Urdu literature, poets like Ghalib employ it for boundless love, as in expressions of passion transcending all limits.

1 / 1: behad

maana ho tum behad haseen

aise bure

hum bhi naheen

i concede

you are a limitless beauty

i too am not

that bad

Majrooh Sultanpuri (13)

1993: Dadasaheb Phalke Award

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haseen (10)

beautiful

behad (m) (1)

withoutboundaries

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