Tanha/Tanhaa (तन्हा)
Origin: Persian
Tanha is an Urdu word, it means “alone/solitary/solitude” in English, while in Hindi it’s called as “akela/अकेला, ekaant/एकांत.”
For eg: “Tanha tanha yahaan pe jeena, yeh koyi baat hai…” which means, “living here in under utter solitude, what’s the point of this…”
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