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baazaar(m): market

Description of baazaar: Baazaar is an Urdu word meaning a marketplace or open market where goods are bought and sold, often bustling with vendors and shoppers. Unlike enclosed malls, it features chaotic stalls and haggling in vibrant street settings. Differs from a modern supermarket by emphasizing informal trade and social interaction. In Urdu poetry, it symbolizes life's transient dealings and human ambition.

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duniya mein huun duniya ka talabgaar naheen huun

baazaar se guzra huun

kharidaar naheen huun

i am in the world

but i am not a seeker of worldly desires

i have passed through the market

but i am not a buyer

Akbar Allahabadi (12)

duniya (m) (25)

world

talabgaar (m) (1)

seeker, suitor

baazaar (m) (1)

market

guzra (2)

happened, pass through

kharidaar (m) (1)

buyer, customer

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