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tyohaar(m): festival

Description of tyohaar: Tyohaar is an Urdu word meaning festival or celebration, often denoting joyous religious or cultural events in South Asia. Unlike mundane daily observances, it evokes grand communal gatherings with rituals, feasting, and revelry. Differs from angrezi "holiday," as tyohaar carries deep spiritual resonance tied to tradition and seasonality. In Urdu poetry, tyohaar symbolizes life's fleeting exuberance, like Ghalib's verses likening love's bloom to festive lamps aglow.

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gulaabi gaal par kuchh rang mujh ko bhi jamaane do

manaane do mujhe bhi jaan-e-mann

tyohaar holi mein

let me also smear a little color

on your rosy cheek

let me, my beloved,

celebrate this Holi with you

Bhartendu Harishchandra (4)

gulaabi (1)

rosy

gaal (m) (1)

cheek

par (m) (18)

wings, feathers / upon

rang (m) (12)

color, colors

jamaane (1)

to apply

manaane (1)

to observe, celebrate

jaan (m) (16)

life, strength / beloved

tyohaar (m) (1)

festival

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