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1 Urdu couplets and shers with doobi

doobi: drowned

Description of doobi: "Doobi" is an Urdu word meaning something submerged or sunk, often referring to a drowned or sunken state, like a ship or person lost beneath water. Unlike "doobna," the verbal infinitive denoting the act of sinking, "doobi" is the feminine past tense form, as in "the boat doobi" . Differs from "dabbi," which means a box or tin container. In poetic usage, it evokes melancholic immersion, as in ghazals depicting

1 / 1: doobi

tere har mashware ko,ai naaseh

aaj phir

yaad-e-yaar le Doobi

every shred of advice

you gave, o preacher

again today, got drowned

by the memory of my beloved

Khumar Barabankvi (6)
mashware (1)

advice

naaseh (m) (3)

preacher, priest

yaad (m) (35)

memory, remember

yaar (m) (19)

friend, beloved

doobi (1)

drowned

Theme: Heart, Mind, & Memory (66)

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