dil
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- noun
- /dɪl/
- Indian
- At the outset of the Anglo-Irish War, the Dil-IRA relationship was ill-defined, although there was no formal declaration of hostilities.
Examples
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Born on November 2, 1981, Esha Deol started her Bollywood career with Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe (2002).
Blog text (16) -
A dispute about entering the Dil arose at an emergency Ard Fheis (conference) in March 1925, when Republican hardliners narrowly passed a motion to continue the boycott.
Academic text (2000) -
In effect, the Dil co-opted the military campaign, but curiously, had no control over it.
Academic text (2000) -
First, have students listen to the song and tap or cover their hearts when they hear the word for heart (dil) in the song's refrain.
Academic text (2006) -
I understand empathy as dil Ki Dalat.
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Why cry, O Mir, over your downtrodden heart (dil)?
Fiction book (1998) -
In retrospect, the recognition by the Dil of the actions of the Irish Volunteers as being the legitimate expression of its own authority was a landmark.
Academic text (2000) -
When the participants talked about their ruhi health (or what Western medicine calls mental health), they used words such as qalb, dil, and jon, which all literally mean heart.
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In the beautiful poem, the author described his beloved as his dil, the center of his feelings.
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She sang a heartfelt song, expressing her love by calling him her dil.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dil comes from Urdu and Persian and means 'heart'. You often hear it in South Asian songs and poems about love, so think of dil as the 'heart' that holds strong feelings.