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kahkashaan(f): galaxy

Description of kahkashaan: Kahkashan is an Urdu word meaning "galaxy" or "Milky Way," referring to the vast cluster of stars visible in the night sky. Unlike a single star, it evokes the infinite sparkle of countless celestial bodies scattered across the cosmos. Differs from "sitara" , as kahkashan denotes an entire stellar assembly rather than an individual light. In Urdu poetry, poets like Josh Malihabadi use it metaphorically for boundless beauty or human

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gul ghunche aftaab shafaq chaand kahkashaan

aisi koi bhi cheez nahin

jis mein tu na ho

flowers, buds, the sun

the twilight, the moon, the galaxy

is there anything at all

in which you are not there

Wahid Premi (1)

gul (m) (21)

flower

ghunche (m) (2)

bud, budding flower

aftaab (m) (2)

sun

shafaq (m) (4)

glow, twilight

kahkashaan (f) (1)

galaxy

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