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saal(m): year

Description of saal: Saal is an Urdu word meaning "year," referring to a full -month period in timekeeping and chronology. Unlike shorter units like mahina , it encompasses an entire annual cycle. Differs from sadi , as saal denotes a single revolution of the Earth around the sun. In Urdu poetry, it evokes life's fleeting passages, as in Ghalib's verses lamenting joys lost over countless saal.

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na shab-o-roz hi badle hain na haal achchha hai

kis barhaman ne kaha tha

ki ye saal achchha hai

days and nights have not changed

nor is the condition any good

which brahmin foretold

this is a good year

Ahmad Faraz (21)

shab (f) (14)

evening, night

roz (m) (13)

day, every day

haal (m) (17)

plight, condition

barhaman (m) (2)

brahmin, wise man

saal (m) (1)

year

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