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mad-bhari(f): intoxicating

Description of mad-bhari: Mad-bhari is an Urdu adjective meaning intoxicated, drunken, or sweetly enchanted. It describes a state of being overwhelmed by emotion or sensation, often used poetically to convey intoxicationwhether literal or metaphorical. Unlike ordinary drunkenness, mad-bhari carries romantic and lyrical connotations, suggesting a dreamy, captivated state. Differs from simple inebriation by emphasizing aesthetic beauty and emotional depth rather than mere intoxication. In literary and poetic usage, the term appears frequently in

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kabhi un mad-bhari aankhon se peeya tha ek jaam

aaj tak hosh naheen,

hosh naheen, hosh naheen

once i drank a cup

from those intoxicating eyes

till now, i am not conscious

not conscious, not conscious

Jigar Moradabadi (13)

1959: Sahitya Akademi

kabhi (26)

on occasion

mad-bhari (f) (1)

intoxicating

aankhon (m) (12)

eyes

jaam (m) (10)

wine cup, goblet

hosh (f) (8)

consciousness

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