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Urdu · noun · Everyday Life
Khaana-peena
खाना-पीना
Meaning
Colloquial: food and drink, one's daily eating; general subsistence.
See it in the verse
Khaana-peena 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.
Self-Knowledge · Awakening · Selfhood
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