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

taabnaak: bright, shining

1 / 1: taabnaak

charaagh-e-raahguzar laakh taabnaak sahi

jala ke apna diya

raushni makaan mein la

lights of the street are surely

a thousand times brighter

but light your own lamp

and bring light into the house

Akbar Hyderabadi (2)

charaagh (14)

lamp, light, flame

raahguzar (5)

path

taabnaak (1)

bright, shining

raushni (9)

light, brightness

makaan (5)

house

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