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1 Urdu couplets and shers with doonaa

doonaa: doubled

Description of doonaa: Doonaa in Urdu means "double" or "twice as much," denoting duplication or multiplication by two. Unlike ek , which signifies singularity, doonaa emphasizes replication or pairing. Differs from aadha , as it conveys wholeness amplified rather than division. In Urdu poetry, doonaa evokes intensified emotions, like "doonaa pyaar" for doubled love in ghazals by poets such as Ghalib.

1 / 1: doonaa

visaal-e-yaar se doonaa hua ishq

maraz baDhtaa gaya

juun juun dawaa ki

my love doubled after

the union with the beloved

with every dose of the cure

my illness grew

Shad Lakhnavi (1)

visaal (m) (4)

union, meeting

yaar (m) (19)

friend, beloved

doonaa (1)

doubled

ishq (m) (34)

love

maraz (m) (2)

illness, disease

juun (m) (2)

the more

dawaa (f) (5)

medicine, cure

Theme: Love, Passion, and Longing (113)

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