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aashiqon(m): lovers

Description of aashiqon: Aashiqon is the plural form of "aashiq" in Urdu, meaning "lovers" or "those enamored with passion," often evoking romantic devotees in poetic contexts. Unlike singular "aashiq," which denotes one ardent suitor, it collectively portrays multitudes struck by love's arrows. Differs from "ishq," the intense emotion itself, by referring to its human bearers. In literature, as in the sher "saikDon aashiqon ka khoon kiye baiThi hai," it depicts lovers slain by

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teer-o-talwaar se baDh kar hai teri tirchhi nigah

saikDon aashiqon ka

khoon kiye baiThi hai

sharper than blade or bow is

that slanted gaze of yours

and there you sit,

having slayed a million lovers

Mah Laqa Chanda (5)

teer (m) (5)

arrow

talwaar (m) (2)

sword

tirchhi (1)

slanted

nigah (m) (3)

sight, vision, glance

saikDon (4)

many, hundreds

aashiqon (m) (1)

lovers

khoon (m) (6)

blood

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