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Urdu · noun · Everyday Life
Taar-bijli
तार-बिजली
said
taar bij-lee
also written: Tar-bijli
Meaning
An electric wire or power line.
See it in the verse
Taar-bijli in Iqbal’s couplets
Tu bacha bacha ke na rakh ise tera aaina hai wo aaina
ke shikasta ho to aziz-tar hai nigah-e-aaina-saaz mein
Do not keep your mirror anxiously protected — yours is the kind of mirror that, even when shattered, is dearer in the eyes of its maker.
Courage · Selfhood · Adversity
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