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taareekh(m): history, date

Description of taareekh: Taareekh is an Urdu word primarily meaning "history," referring to a record of past events, with synonyms like account, chronicle, and story. Unlike tithi, the Hindi term for a calendar date or lunar day, taareekh in conversational Hindi/Urdu commonly denotes a specific day on the Gregorian calendar, as in "Aaj kyaa taareekh hain?" . It differs from its historical sense when used for modern dates in everyday speech. In literary

1 / 1: taareekh

jinhen taareekh bhi likhte Daregi

woh hungaame

yahaan hone lage hain

that even history

would fear to record

such chaotic events

have begun to happen here

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taareekh (m) (1)

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hungaame (m) (1)

chaotic events

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