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1 Urdu couplets and shers with gharqaab

gharqaab(m): sinking, drowning

Description of gharqaab: Gharqad , often transcribed as gharqaab in some dialects, refers to a thorny shrub or tree native to arid regions like northern Arabia, known for its resilience in saline and sandy environments. Unlike typical trees that provide shade or edible fruit, the gharqad offers none, bearing only small, hollow, inedible yellow berries. Differs from common flora in its poisonous thorns, which cause slow-healing pustular wounds if handled. In Islamic eschatological

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ajab hareef thamere hi saath Doob gayaa

mere safeene ko

gharqaab dekhne ke liye

such a strange rival

he drowned along with me

just to witness

my boat go under

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ajab (11)

strange, wonderful

hareef (m) (1)

rival

Doob (m) (4)

sink, drown

safeene (m) (1)

boat, ship

gharqaab (m) (1)

sinking, drowning

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