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  2. Maqta' - Wikipedia

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    He can "talk to himself", "to somebody else", "refer to something" etc. For example Firaq Gorakhpuri, whose takhallus is the word for the common theme in Urdu poetry of the state of pining for the beloved, plays on his pen name and the word firaq: Urdu: تو یہ نہ سمجھنا کے فِراق تیری فِراق میں ہیں

  3. Contumacy - Wikipedia

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    Contumacy is a stubborn refusal to obey authority or, particularly in law, the willful contempt of the order or summons of a court (see contempt of court). The term is derived by etymologists from the Latin word contumacia , meaning "firmness" or "stubbornness".

  4. Toba Tek Singh (short story) - Wikipedia

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    "Toba Tek Singh" (Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ ALA-LC: Ṭobah Țek Siṉgh IPA: [ʈoːbəh ʈeːk sɪŋɡʱ]) is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto and published in 1955. It follows inmates in a Lahore asylum, some of whom are to be transferred to India following the 1947 Partition .

  5. Al-Ghayb - Wikipedia

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    In Arabic, al- Ghayb refers to anything that is hidden in some manner. The term is composed of two words (a definitive article and an adjective), "al" and " Ghayb", literally translating to "the" and "unseen" respectively. It possesses multiple intricate meanings stemming out from the figurative translation "the depth of the well."

  6. Hindi–Urdu transliteration - Wikipedia

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    Note that Hindi–Urdu transliteration schemes can be used for Punjabi as well, for Gurmukhi (Eastern Punjabi) to Shahmukhi (Western Punjabi) conversion, since Shahmukhi is a superset of the Urdu alphabet (with 2 extra consonants) and the Gurmukhi script can be easily converted to the Devanagari script.

  7. Stubborn - Wikipedia

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    Stubborn may refer to: HMS Stubborn, a Second World War Royal Navy submarine; Little Miss Stubborn, a character in the Little Miss series of books; Mr. Stubborn, a character in the children's television show The Mr. Men Show; Stubborn, 2024 album by Nigerian singer Victony "Stubborn", a song by Senser from Stacked Up (1994)

  8. Attash Durrani - Wikipedia

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    Attash Durrani (Urdu: عطش درانی; 22 January 1952 – 30 November 2018) was a Pakistani linguist, researcher, critic, author, educationist, and gemologist.He wrote more than 275 books and approximately 500 papers in Urdu and English.

  9. Umrao Jaan Ada - Wikipedia

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    Umrao Jaan Ada (Urdu: اُمراؤ جان ادا) is an Urdu novel by Mirza Hadi Ruswa (1857–1931), first published in 1899. [1] It is considered the first Urdu novel by many [2] and tells the story of a tawaif and poet by the same name from 19th century Lucknow, as recounted by her to the author.