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

kaTTa: spent, shortened

1 / 1: kaTTa

raasta hai ki kaTTa jaata hai

faasla hai ki

kam nahin hota

as i keep traveling

on this road

the distance to destination

doesn’t seem to reduce

Qabil Ajmeri (8)

raasta (5)

path, way, road

kaTTa (1)

spent, shortened

faasla (6)

distance

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