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Dekha-dekhi

देखा-देखी
Meaning

By imitation; doing a thing merely because others do it.

Literally: 'seeing and seeing'

See it in the verse

Dekha-dekhi in Iqbal’s couplets

Sau sau umiden bandhti hai ik ik nigah par
Mujh ko na aise pyar se dekha kare koi
A hundred hopes are pinned on every single glance — let no one look at me with such love.
Love · Humility · Aspiration
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