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The Dark Knaik 1d ago

How Come Gulzar Wasn't Offered to Pen 'Gustaakh Ishq'?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0GKJv9DVIA

#thedarkknaik #gustaakhishq #gulzar #naseeruddinshah #urdu

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Nimit Shah 3d ago

I'm starting Desī poetry!

If you've ever been intrigued by poetry from the Indian subcontinent (hence "desi"), I will be doing English translations of beautifully written songs.

You can enjoy them for the music (which is FANTASTIC), but these are also some of the most beautiful words put together. A lot of these songs are iconic, and some are gems that I've found. You could also just come for the culture :)

#poetry #urdu #urdupoetry #bollywood #music #desi #culture

https://www.nimitnshah.com/what-is-desi-poetry/

What is Desī Poetry?

I will embark on a journey of translating desi songs (to begin with), in languages I am familiar with (which aren’t many), into English.

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Abdul Qayyum Tabassam 3d ago

اردو کو غریبی کی طرف دھکیلنے کی ناکام کوشش۔۔۔
#pakistan ، #hotel #poor #urdu #language

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Mathrubhumi English 5d ago

The PDP has repeatedly criticised the National Conference-led government, alleging ‘anti-people decisions’. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/has-urdu-lost-official-status-in-j-and-k-cm-abdullah-responds-amid-language-row-vnf89hqa?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #PDP #NC #urdu #JammuandKashmir

Aakhri Paigham Apr 28

(Bal-e-Jibril-025)

اپنے من میں ڈوب کر پا جا سراغِ زندگی
تُو اگر میرا نہیں بنتا نہ بن، اپنا تو بن

~ Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal

#AllamaIqbal #Urdu #Iqbaliyat #Poetry #Heart #Ishq #Life #AakhriPaigham #Iqbal

Aakhri Paigham Apr 27

(Bal-e-Jibril-006) Kya Ishq Aik Zindagi-e-Musta‘ar Ka (What avails love when life is so ephemeral) کیا عشق ایک زندگیِ مستعار کا

~ Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal

#Iqbaliyat #Poetry #Urdu #Ishq #Love #Ishq-e-Haqeeqi #AllamaIqbal #AkhriPaigham

Aakhri Paigham Apr 23

(Bal-e-Jibril-058) Sitaron Se Agay Jahan Aur Bhi Hain (Other worlds exist beyond the stars)

~ Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal (R.A.)

#BaleJibreel #Iqbaliyat #AllamaIqbal #Urdu #Poetry #SitaroSeAgay #BaleJibril #AakhriPaigham #Ghazal

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉Apr 15

𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

The word "khaki" is a loan from Urdu خاکی‎ xākī, a loan from Persian, from خاک xâk "earth", from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂s [ħaχs], something like this (listen):

🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/khaki-from-PIE-h2eh2s.wav

English "ash" (the grey-coloured burnt substance) also descends from *h₂eh₂s:

🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/ash-from-PIE-h2eh2s.wav

In most Indo-European languages, *h₂ usually developed into [a], but in Iranian it's sometimes [x]. If you want a more detailed but much more technical explanation of the Proto-Indo-European "laryngeals" and how they were possibly or probably pronounced, try this: https://www.ancientsounds.net/laryngeals.html

(The image used below is from an Iranian wood industry supplier's site, venonwood.biz, which currently seems to be still working in spite of the general internet blackout in Iran right now.)

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