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1 Urdu couplets and shers with mayyat

mayyat(f): corpse

Description of mayyat: Mayyat is an Urdu noun meaning "corpse" or "dead body," derived from Arabic and commonly used in Islamic contexts to refer to a deceased person. Unlike living beings denoted by terms like "insaan," it specifically signifies a lifeless human form awaiting ritual preparation. Differs from synonyms such as "lash" or "shav," as mayyat often evokes the subject of funeral rites like Namaz-e-Mayyat. In Urdu poetry, it appears in elegies mourning

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har nafas umr-e-guzishta ki hai mayyat, fani

zindagi naam hai

mar mar ke jiye jaane ka

every breath, fani, is

the corpse of a moment gone

what we call life

is living through repeated deaths

Fani Badayuni (5)

nafas (m) (1)

breath

umr (m) (15)

life

guzishta (m) (1)

past, bygone

mayyat (f) (1)

corpse

zindagi (f) (41)

life

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