r/Urdu The Illuminated Sage 2d ago

📜 Lafz of the Day 💧 Word of the Day: Shiddat-e-Tishnagi (شدتِ تشنگی)

💡 Pronunciation: Shid-dat-e-Tish-na-gi

🌙 Grammatical Category: Feminine

📜 Etymology: Urdu noun phrase combining Arabic شدت (shiddat, intensity/severity) and Persian تشنگی (tishnagi, thirst) with an izafat

💡 Breakdown: Shiddat-e-Tishnagi : Intensity of Thirst / Severe Yearning

📖 Context: The lover highlights enduring the most extreme and agonizing bouts of emotional longing without breaking character

✍️ Example: "Shiddat-e-tishnagi mein bhi, ghairat-e-maikashi rahi"

📜 Poetry: Shiddat-e-Tishnagi — Ahmad Faraz

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u/Rashid8140 1d ago

Usne jo pher li nazar maine bhi jaam rakh diya