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بتان

butan

Means

Idols or beloveds; plural of but, metaphorically used for beautiful, heartless beloveds whose silence and stillness resemble stone idols.


Urdu Meaning

صنم، محبوب، خوبصورت لوگ جنہیں بت سے تشبیہ دی جاتی ہے (جمع بت)۔

Noun · Masculine · Persian


Shers using this word

فتنہ در سر بتان حشر خرام ہائے رے کس ٹھسک سے چلتے ہیں

Fitna dar sar-e-butan-e-hashr-kharam Haaye re kis thasak se chalte hain

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →

نگاہ چشم پر خشم بتاں پر مت نظر رکھنا ملا ہے زہر اے دل اس شراب پرتگالی میں

Nigah-e-chashm-e-pur-khashm-e-butan par mat nazar rakhna Mila hai zehr ae dil is sharab-e-pur-tagaali mein

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →

بتاں کی میرؔ ستم وہ نگاہ ہے جس نے خدا کے واسطے بھی خلق کا وبال لیا

Butan ki Mir sitam woh nigah hai jis ne Khuda ke waste bhi khalq ka wabal liya

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →