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Takraati(f): crashing, striking

Description of Takraati: Takraati is the feminine form of the Urdu adjective takraat, denoting something crashing, colliding, or striking forcefully against another object. Unlike a gentle breeze that whispers through spaces, takraati implies a sharp, resonant impact echoing persistently. Differs from mere contact by evoking violent rebound or clash, as in dawn's call reverberating from bedrooms in Zaheer Siddiqui's ghazal: "Khwab-gahon se azan-e-fajr takraati rahi." In poetry, it vividly captures sounds piercing silence.

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had se Takraati hai jo shai woh palaTti hai zaroor

khud bhi roenge

ghareebon ko rulaane waale

anything that crosses a limit

is bound to strike back

those who make the helpless weep

will one day cry themselves

Arzoo Lakhnavi (9)

had (f) (2)

boundary

Takraati (f) (1)

crashing, striking

shai (f) (2)

thing, things, refuge

palaTti (1)

turn back, reverse

zaroor (m) (4)

forsure, surely

khud (24)

myself

ghareebon (m) (2)

poor, helpless

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