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

chori: theft

1 / 1: chori

hungaama hai kyun barpaa thoDi si jo peeli hai

Daaka to naheen maara

chori to naheen ki hai

why such clamor

just because i drank some

i haven't assaulted anybody

nor stolen from anyone

Akbar Allahabadi (12)

hungaama (3)

commotion, uproar

barpaa (1)

happen

peeli (1)

drink

chori (1)

theft

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