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baari(f): turn

Description of baari: Baari is an Urdu word meaning "turn," "chance," or "succession," often denoting orderly alternation or sequence in actions or opportunities. Unlike continuous processes, it implies discrete, sequential instances, such as taking turns in a game. Differs from "baari" by focusing on temporal order rather than weather. In Urdu poetry, it evokes life's rhythmic turns, as in verses lamenting fate's successive blows.

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naala-e-bulbul-e-shaidaa to suna hans hans kar

ab jigar thaam ke baiTho

meri baari aayi

you laughed listening to

nightingale’s passionate lament

now hold your heart and listen

for my turn has come

Lala Madhav Ram Jauhar (7)

naala (m) (4)

cry, lament, wail

bulbul (m) (8)

nightingale

shaidaa (1)

passionate, infatuated

suna (9)

hear

hans (7)

swans / smile, laugh

jigar (m) (8)

heart

thaam (4)

hold, grasp

baari (f) (1)

turn

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