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شکست

shikast

Means

Defeat, breaking, or failure; the state of being fractured or destroyed, often used for physical objects or abstract hope.


Urdu Meaning

شکست، ہار یا ٹوٹنے کا عمل

Noun · Feminine · Persian


Shers using this word

چشم کم سے دیکھ مت قمری تو اس خوش قد کو ٹک آہ بھی سرد گلستاں شکست رنگ ہے

Chashm-e-kam say dekh mat qumri to us khush-qad ko tuk Aah bhi sard gulistan shikast-e-rang hai

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →

آئی جو شکست آئنے پر روئے دل یار ادھر نہ ہوگا

Aayi jo shikast aaine par Roye dil-e-yaar idhar na hoga

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →

شکست رنگ پہ مستی میں ہنستے ہیں ہم بھی دکھائیں گے انہیں وقت خمار آئینہ

Shikast-e-rang pe masti mein hanste hain hum bhi Dikhaaen ge unhein waqt-e-khumaar aaina

Momin Khan MominFull poem →