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Shauk

शौक़
Meaning

Colloquial: a hobby, fondness or fancy; a keen taste for something ('shauk hai').

See it in the verse

Shauk in Iqbal’s couplets

Mana ki teri deed ke qabil nahin hoon main
Tu mera shauq dekh mera intizar dekh
Granted, I am not yet worthy of the sight of you — but look at my longing, look at how I wait.
Humility · Love · Aspiration
Related words
SANSKRIT

Chaska

An acquired relish or addictive fondness, the keen taste and craving one develops for a pleasure.

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