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saakinon(m): dwellers

Description of saakinon: Saakinon is the plural form of saakin in Urdu, meaning "dwellers" or "inhabitants" of a place. Unlike singular saakin, which refers to one resident, saakinon denotes a collective group living together. Differs from bashindaan, another term for residents, by carrying a more poetic connotation of settled communities. In literature, it appears in Urdu poetry like "koi to shehar-e-tazabzub ke saakinon se kahe," addressing the dwellers of a skeptical city.

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koi to sheher-e-tazabzub ke saakinon se kahe

na ho yaqeen to phir

mojza na maange koi

go tell the dwellers of

this city of skepticism

those who don't believe

shouldn't expect miracles either

Iftikhar Arif (2)

sheher (m) (4)

city

tazabzub (m) (1)

uncertainty, skepticism

saakinon (m) (1)

dwellers

yaqeen (m) (10)

faith, belief

mojza (m) (1)

miracle

maange (1)

to ask for

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