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Because of this influence, many early Urdu masnawī were translations of Persian masnawī, although there are some original early Urdu masnawīs. [14] Middle Urdu masnawī became prominent in the 12th/18th century, when Urdu literature broke away from the Dakkanī tradition. In the 12th/18th century, romantic masnawī became very popular.
However, according to Manan Ahmed Asif, the text is in reality original, "not a work of translation". [7] The Chach Nama is a romantic work influenced by the 13th-century history, not a historical text of the 8th-century, states Asif. [7] Some Islamic scholars and modern historians question the credibility of some of the Chach Nama's reports. [8]
Ishq is used in the Urdu-language, especially in lollywood movies (Pakistani cinema), which often use formal, flowery and poetic Urdu loanwords derived from Persian. The more colloquial Urdu word for love is pyar. In Urdu, ʻIshq' (عشق) means lustless love. [6] In Arabic, it is a noun. However, in Hindi-Urdu it is used as both verb and noun.
The Silent vāv [1] (Persian: واو معدوله, romanized: Vāv-e Ma'dule; Urdu: واؤ معدولہ, romanized: Vā'o-i Ma'dūla) is an element of Persian and Urdu orthography resulting when a vāv is preceded by khe and often followed by an alef or ye, forming the combination of خوا or خوی, in which the vāv is silenced.
Persian was displaced by Urdu in North India during the British colonial rule in India, though it remains in use in its native Iran (as Farsi), Afghanistan (as Dari) and Tajikistan (as Tajik). Urdu is currently the official language and lingua franca of Pakistan , and an officially recognized language for North Indian Muslims in the republic of ...
The Iskandarnameh follows the general outlines of Alexander the Great in the Shahnameh, an earlier text of Persian poetry composed by Ferdowsi, in its narration of how Alexander encounters the Fountain of Life. First, Alexander gives a jewel to the mystical figure, Khidr, and instructs him to use it to help find a body of shining water. Khidr ...
Nizami is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, [5] who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] His heritage is widely appreciated in Afghanistan , [ 2 ] Republic of Azerbaijan , [ 6 ] Iran , [ 2 ] the Kurdistan region [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and Tajikistan .
The Tale of the Four Dervishes (Persian: قصۀ چهار درویش Qissa-ye Chahār Darvēsh, lit. ' The Story of Four Dervishes ' ), known as Bāgh-o Bahār ( باغ و بہار , lit. ' Garden and Spring ' ) in Urdu , is a collection of allegorical stories by Amir Khusro written in Persian in the early 13th century.