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  2. Maqta' - Wikipedia

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    He can "talk to himself", "to somebody else", "refer to something" etc. For example Firaq Gorakhpuri, whose takhallus is the word for the common theme in Urdu poetry of the state of pining for the beloved, plays on his pen name and the word firaq: Urdu: تو یہ نہ سمجھنا کے فِراق تیری فِراق میں ہیں

  3. Matla' - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] In this sense, it is the opposite of the maqta'. It is possible, although extremely rare, for there to be more than one matla ' in a ghazal; in this case the second is referred to as matla'-e-sani, literally 'the second matla ' '. It is important part because it establishes the overall form and mood of the entire ghazal.

  4. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    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"). During the Renaissance, scholars meticulously enumerated and classified figures of speech.

  5. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind together". This feature is also called enantiosemy, [1] [2] enantionymy (enantio-means "opposite"), antilogy or autoantonymy. An enantiosemic term is by definition polysemic.

  6. Urdu alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Translations and other uses of key words from Urdu letter names Letter name(s) Urdu word Examples of other uses Isolated form Urdu name Roman Urdu Urdu IPA Roman Urdu name English Translation Urdu Roman Urdu or IPA Translation ح: بَڑی حے: baṛī ħē بَڑی: bəɽi [15] baṛī / bari big / elder [15] بڑی آنت: Baṛi ant: large ...

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  8. Broken plural - Wikipedia

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    A statistical analysis of a list of the 3000 most frequent Arabic words shows that 978 (59%) of the 1670 most frequent nominal forms take a sound plural, while the remaining 692 (41%) take a broken plural. [4] Another estimate of all existing nominal forms gives over 90,000 forms with a sound plural and just 9540 with a broken one. [4]

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    Text message from Marla Quadri praising locals who saved a 20-year-old blind cat. A comment expressing gratitude for rescuing a blind cat stuck on an ice chunk in a lake.