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Rabi-ul-Awal News Story

November 27, 2020

Nayab Anwar | Staff Correspondent TBT | Beaconhouse Model Town Campus Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur:Students of Model Town branch witnessed a wonderful ceremony regarding the blessings of the month of Rabi-ul Awal. They participated in various activities with great respect such as the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran, Naats, Qaseeda Burda Shareef, shared Ahadees and incidents of Holy Prophet (PBUH)’s life. They also showed their love for our beloved Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) by participating in the Calligraphy competition and wrote the names beautifully.

Word of The Day

zephyr

[ZEFF-er]

(noun)

1: a breeze from the west.
2: any of various lightweight fabrics and articles of clothing.

Synonym: air, breath, breeze, puff, waft
Antonym: gale, furious wind

Example(s) of use;
- "There was not even a zephyr stirring; the dead noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds." — Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1876

Origin
For centuries, poets have eulogized Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind, and his "swete breeth" (in the words of Geoffrey Chaucer). Zephyrus, the personified west wind, eventually evolved into zephyr, a word for a breeze that is westerly or gentle, or both. Breezy zephyr blew into English with the help of poets and playwrights, including William Shakespeare, who used the word in his play Cymbeline: "Thou divine Nature, thou thyself thou blazon'st / In these two princely boys! They are as gentle / As zephyrs blowing below the violet." Today, zephyr is also the sobriquet of a lightweight fabric and the clothing that is made from it.

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zephyr#synonyms, https://www.synonyms.com/antonyms/zephyr
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