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manoos(m): habituated, get used to

Description of manoos: Manoos is an Urdu word meaning a human being or person, often carrying connotations of ordinary humanity. Unlike supernatural entities like jinn or demons, it specifically denotes a mortal individual in everyday or folk contexts. Differs from broader terms like "insaan" by emphasizing common folk, sometimes with undertones of misfortune or complaint in Indian usage. In Marathi poetry and literature, it evokes the resilient spirit of the common Marathi manoos.

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aashiyaan jal gaya gulsitaan lut gaya hum qafas se nikal kar kidhar jaayenge

itne manoos sayyaad se ho gaye

ab rihaayi milegi to mar jayenge

home burned, the garden destroyed

where will we go, getting out of the cage

having gotten accustomed to the captor

we will only die if we get freedom now

Raaz Allahabadi (3)

aashiyaan (f) (3)

home

jal (m) (4)

burn

qafas (m) (5)

cage, prison

nikal (9)

come out, emerge

manoos (m) (1)

habituated, get used to

sayyaad (m) (8)

captor, hunter

rihaayi (f) (1)

freedom

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