What is the exact meaning of this word?
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you mean lughwi ma’ani?
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yeh ek bimari ka naam hai, which can hit you anytime 
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and there is no cure:no:
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Caution: Ishq la-ilaaj hai. Ihtiyaat kejiye 
Baqol Ghalib:
“Kehtay hain jisko Ishq khalal hai dimaag ka”
by this definition, Ishq is mental disease.
On another place, Ghalib said:
Ishq ne ‘GHalib’ nikamma kar diya,
warna ham bhi aadmi thhey kaam ke
by this, Ghalib said ‘Ishq’ sarkari nokri ka naam hai 
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^^ meri naukri bhi sarkari hi hai
if one is into drinking, weed and stuff, believe me it is more powerful than that
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lolz @ bimari
Isn’t ishq different from pyaar, mohabbat in that it’s a religious, intoxicating love? Like often in poetry between man and the almighty?
Some old timer was explaining sufi kalaam to me once and he was saying that if you look at the lyrics, they have like double meaning. For example “Meda ishq v toon, meda yaar v toon” could be about your beloved or about almighty.
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ji han
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ishq da sutta is more dangerous than gaanja, hasheesh, etc
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I think Ishq is the name of a plant in Arabic like (Akas bail / Amarbail), which when surrounds a plant, it turn the flower into yellow.
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In hindi poetry, it is called, chayavaad, in chayavad poetry it has both meaning of lover and of god
other is neend ka nasha, once human is high on neend ka nasha, he/she can fall anywhere and sleep
Mere pas apka ilaaj hai 
Aagh ka darya hai aur doob ke Jana hau.
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aap ne Junaid bengali ki shagirdi ikhtiyar kar li?
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Shukar hy ALLAH k mujhy ye bemari ni:p
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ajaz did you agree with the response in post no. 10?
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the worst part is, if your partner can emotionally blackmail you. Because my yaara often does so and is best at it 
Uska ata pata milay tab na 
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as i heard, its true that Ishq is Arabic word. not sure its a plant, may be you are right.