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imroz(m): yesterday, today

Description of imroz: Imroz is an Urdu word meaning "today," referring to the current day in everyday temporal expressions. Unlike "kal," which denotes tomorrow with forward-looking anticipation, it anchors events firmly in the present moment. Differs from "heraat," yesterday's retrospective term, by emphasizing immediacy over past reflection. In poetic usage, Faiz Ahmed Faiz evokes it as "Imroz ki khushboo" to capture the fleeting scent of now.

1 / 1: imroz

tu ise paimaana-e-imroz-o-farda se na naap

jaavedaan, paiham rawaan

har dam jawaan hai zindagi

do not measure it by the

standards of yesterday and tomorrow

constantly flowing every moment…

life is forever youthful

Mohammad Iqbal (28)

paimaana (m) (3)

cup, measure

imroz (m) (1)

yesterday, today

farda (m) (2)

dawn, tomorrow

naap (m) (1)

measure

paiham (m) (2)

flowing, continuous

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