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pilaate: make someone drink

Description of pilaate: Pilaate is an Urdu verb form meaning "to make someone drink" or "causing to drink," derived from the root pilaana. Unlike peena, which denotes drinking oneself, pilaate emphasizes administering a drink to another. Differs from khaana , as it specifically pertains to liquids. In poetic usage, Sufi verses evoke divine ecstasy, like "pilaate jaam-e-ishq" for offering the cup of love.

1 / 1: pilaate

un ke bhi qatl ka ilzaam hamaare sar hai

jo hamein zahr pilaate hue

mar jaate hain

i am accused

of killing them

who died

feeding me poison

Abbas Tabish (5)

zahr (m) (2)

poison

qatl (m) (3)

murder

ilzaam (m) (2)

accusation

pilaate (1)

make someone drink

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