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ماتم

Maatam

Means

Mourning; lamentation; a gathering of grief; wailing for the dead or the absent.


Shers using this word

یک لحظہ سینہ کوبی سے فرصت ہمیں نہیں یعنی کہ دل کے جانے کا ماتم بہت ہے یاں

Yak lahza seena-kobi se fursat hamein nahin Yaani ke dil ke jaane ka maatam bahut hai yaan

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →

سنتے ہیں لیلیٰ کے خیمے کو سیاہ اس میں مجنوں کا مگر ماتم رہا

Sunte hain Laila ke khaime ko siyaah Us mein Majnoon ka magar maatam raha

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →