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2 Urdu couplets and shers with dukaan

dukaan(m): shop

Description of dukaan: Dukaan is an Urdu word meaning a small retail shop or store, typically a modest establishment selling everyday goods. Unlike larger supermarkets, it often features personal service from the owner. Differs from a bazaar, which is a bustling open market with multiple vendors. In Urdu poetry, dukaan symbolizes life's transient commerce, as in Faiz Ahmed Faiz's verses evoking humble trade amid struggle.

1 / 2: dukaan

har dukaan apni jagah hairat-e-nazaara hai

fikr-e-insaan ke sajaaye hue

bazaar to dekh

every shop in its own place

is a wonder to behold

look at the bazaar decorated

with concern for humanity

Akbar Hyderabadi (2)

dukaan (m) (2)

shop

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2 / 2: dukaan

math poochho, doston,ki mera karobaar kya hai

muskuraahat ki choTi si dukaan hai

nafraton ke baazaar mein

ask me not, friends,

what i do for a living

i have a small shop of smiles

in the market of hatred

Anonymous

dukaan (m) (2)

shop

muskuraahat (f) (2)

smile

karobaar (m) (1)

business

nafraton (m) (2)

hatreds

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