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farhat(f): joy

Description of farhat: Farhat is an Arabic word meaning joy, happiness, or delight, derived from the root f.r.h expressing gaiety and good fortune. Unlike its Persian counterpart Farhad, which connotes something merited or obtained, Farhat emphasizes exuberant emotion over achievement. It differs from the related feminine form Farah, which broadly signifies bliss or prosperity. In Persian poetry like Ferhat et Shirin, it evokes passionate, triumphant love.

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hai dussehra mein bhi yuun gar farhat-o-zeenat 'nazir'

par diwali bhi ajab

pakeeza-tar tyohaar hai

in dussehra too

there is joy and beauty, nazir

but diwali is

uniquely and purely joyous

Nazeer Akbarabadi (9)

farhat (f) (1)

joy

zeenat (f) (1)

beauty

ajab (11)

strange, wonderful

pakeeza (1)

pure

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