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Bhaav-khana

भाव खाना
Meaning

Slang: to play hard-to-get, put on airs of importance, act too busy.

See it in the verse

Bhaav-khana in Iqbal’s couplets

Jinhen main dhundhta tha aasmanon mein zaminon mein
Wo nikle mere zulmat-khana-e-dil ke makinon mein
Those I searched for across the skies and the earth turned out to dwell in the darkened house of my own heart.
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Related words
SANSKRIT

Bhaav

Colloquial: price/rate; slang 'bhaav khana' = to act aloof and hard-to-get.

PERSIAN

NaKHra

Affected airs, pretended displeasure, or playful petulance of the beloved.

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