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

chaunk: surprised, shocked, startle

1 / 1: chaunk

be-waqt agar jaaunga sab chaunk paDenge

ik umr hui din mein

kabhi ghar nahi dekha

if i go at an unexpected time

everyone will be shocked

it has been a lifetime and

i have not seen my home in daylight

Bashir Badr (18)

1999: Sahitya Akademi

1999: Padma Shri

be-waqt (1)

unexpected hour

chaunk (1)

surprised, shocked, startle

umr bhar (11)

lifelong

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