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  2. List of Urdu humorists - Wikipedia

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    This is the list of those literary Humorist who did the works in Urdu language in the forma of both Prose and Poetry. Most of the writer comes from Pakistan and India. Most of the writer comes from Pakistan and India.

  3. Joke - Wikipedia

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    In his book Humor and Laughter: An Anthropological Approach, [38] the anthropologist Mahadev Apte presents a solid case for his own academic perspective. [103] "Two axioms underlie my discussion, namely, that humor is by and large culture based and that humor can be a major conceptual and methodological tool for gaining insights into cultural ...

  4. Humour - Wikipedia

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    Humour (Commonwealth English) or humor (American English) is the tendency of experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. The term derives from the humoral medicine of the ancient Greeks , which taught that the balance of fluids in the human body, known as humours ( Latin : humor , "body fluid"), controlled human health and emotion.

  5. Ibn-e-Insha - Wikipedia

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    Children Roomi Insha (died 16 October 2017) & Saadi Insha Sher Muhammad Khan ( Urdu : شیر مُحمّد خان ), ( Punjabi , شیر محمد خان ), better known by his pen name Ibn-e-Insha , ( Urdu : اِبنِ اِنشا ), ( Punjabi , ابن انشا ) (15 June 1927 – 11 January 1978) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] was a Pakistani Urdu poet ...

  6. Hamdard Naunehal - Wikipedia

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    Hamdard Naunehal (Urdu: ہمدرد نونہال) is a Pakistani kids bilingual (Urdu and English) monthly magazine. [1] first published by Hakim Said of Hamdard Laboratories, under the editorship of Masood Ahmed Barkati, in 1953.

  7. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    For example, the phrase, "John, my best friend" uses the scheme known as apposition. Tropes (from Greek trepein, 'to turn') change the general meaning of words. An example of a trope is irony, which is the use of words to convey the opposite of their usual meaning ("For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men").

  8. Urdu literature - Wikipedia

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    Urdu literature (Urdu: ادبیاتِ اُردُو, “Adbiyāt-i Urdū”) comprises the literary works, written in the Urdu language.While it tends to be dominated by poetry, especially the verse forms of the ghazal (غزل) and nazm (نظم), it has expanded into other styles of writing, including that of the short story, or afsana (افسانہ).

  9. Arab humor - Wikipedia

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    Arab humor is known for being witty, clever, and sarcastic. It often involves wordplay, puns, and irony. [1] [2] One common form of Arab humor is political satire, where political leaders and public figures are ridiculed and criticized through humor. This type of humor can be found in television shows, cartoons, and social media. [3]