Daag (दाग)
Origin: Persian
Daag is an Urdu word, it means “scar, blemish, stain, calamity, grief, loss” in English, while in Hindi it’s called as “nishaan/निशान, dhabba/धब्बा, aapda/आपदा, shok/शोक, haani/हानि.”
For eg: “Jo daag tumne mujhko diya, us daag se mera chehra khila” which means, “the scar you gave me, it bloomed my face.”
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