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

tawaif: prostitute, courtesan

1 / 1: tawaif

ab urdu kya hai ek kothey ki tawaif

mazaa har ek leta hai

mohabbat karta hai kaun

what is urdu

but a courtesan in a brothel

everyone has fun with her

but who loves her really?

Khursheed Afsar Baswani (1)

mohabbat (39)

love

kothey (1)

brothel

tawaif (1)

prostitute, courtesan

mazaa (5)

fun, delight

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