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1 Urdu couplets and shers with zoaf

zoaf(m): weak, feeble

Description of zoaf: Zoaf is an Urdu word meaning weakness, debility, or frailty, often denoting physical, moral, or structural infirmity. Unlike quwwat , which implies power and resilience, zoaf conveys vulnerability and susceptibility to breakdown. Differs from kami , as zoaf specifically highlights diminished capacity rather than mere shortage. In Urdu poetry, it evokes the soul's tender fragility amid love's trials, as in Ghalib's verses lamenting passion's enfeebling grip.

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munh tak bhi zoaf se naheen aa sakti dil ki baat

darwaaza ghar se

saikDon farsang ho gaya

the heart's words don't

find voice even as a whisper

the door has become so

far away from the home

Muneer Shikohabadi (1)

munh (m) (2)

mouth, face

zoaf (m) (1)

weak, feeble

dil (m) (109)

heart

darwaaza (m) (4)

door

saikDon (4)

many, hundreds

farsang (m) (1)

distance (3.75 mi)

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