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1 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

sheikh: head, priest, learned man

1 / 1: sheikh

sheikh saahab sey rasm-o-raah na kee

shukr hai zindagi

tabaah na kee

i didn’t have the priest

perform rituals and customs

happy that i didn’t

waste my life thus

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sheikh (1)

head, priest, learned man

shukr (3)

gratitude, thanks

tabaah (2)

wasted, ruined

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