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1 Urdu couplets and shers with tabar

tabar(m): axe

Description of tabar: Tabar is an Urdu word meaning an axe, typically a heavy, single-edged battle axe with a long wooden haft used as both a weapon and tool. Unlike the Persian tabarzin, which features a curved blade for piercing armor, tabar has a broader, straight-edged head suited for chopping. It differs from the smaller Indian tabar dast, being larger and more imposing for warfare. In Urdu poetry, tabar symbolizes unyielding strength and

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taqleed ke khayaal kaqaidi hai aaj bhi

zehn ke paaon ki zanjeer jo

kaaTe vo tabar paida kar

even today, you are a

prisoner of conformity

make the axe that breaks

the shackles of your intellect

Syed Shahed (6)
taqleed (m) (1)

blind imitation, conformity

khayaal (m) (15)

thoughts

qaidi (f) (1)

prisoner

zehn (m) (4)

mind

paaon (m) (2)

feet

zanjeer (m) (7)

shackles, chains

kaaTe (2)

spend

tabar (m) (1)

axe

paida (2)

create, give birth to

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