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khush-bakhti(f): good fortune, luck

Description of khush-bakhti: Khush-bakhti is a feminine Urdu noun meaning good fortune, prosperity, or the state of being lucky and successful. Unlike mere happiness, it emphasizes enduring favorable circumstances and blessings in life. Differs from temporary joy by connoting sustained wealth, success, and well-being. In poetry, it appears as "?hush? meñ apn? ?hush-ba?ht? kah?ñ ma.al?m hot? hai," lamenting unrecognized fortune amid joy.

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main aisi raah pe nikla ki meri khush-bakhti

tamaam umr meri khoj mein

bhaTakti rahi

i set out on such a path

that my good fortune

kept wandering in search

of me...all my life

Maqbool Aamir (1)

raah (m) (23)

street, path

nikla (12)

turned out, came out

khush-bakhti (f) (1)

good fortune, luck

tamaam (7)

entire, all, whole

umr (m) (15)

life

khoj (m) (1)

bhaTakti (f) (1)

wandering

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khush-bakhti(f): good fortune, luck

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