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

ta-umr: lifetime

1 / 1: ta-umr

ek rishta jise main de na saka koyi naam

ek rishta jise

ta-umr nibhaaye rakkha

a relationship to which

i could give no name

a relationship that

i upheld for a lifetime

Aks Samastipuri (1)

rishta (5)

relationship

ta-umr (1)

lifetime

nibhaaye (1)

fulfill, uphold

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