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SUBMITTED BY:MADEEHA FARUQI

ANALYSIS OF AMIR KHUSRO POETRY

1.      INTRODUCTION:

Amir Khusro

Khusro was born in 1253 A.D. in Patiyala, India, His paternal ancestors belonged to the nomadic tribe of Hazaras from Transoxiana, who crossed the river Indus and migrated to India in the thirteenth century. Khusro's father served the Sultan of Delhi, Shamsuddin Il-tutmish, in a high position, and Amir Khusro was educated in theology, Persian and the Quran. From his mother who was of Hindustani origin and from his maternal grandfather he acquired both, an intimacy with the local languages as well as a rooting in the immediate cultural ambience. When his father died when Khusro was only eight he came under the care of his maternal grandfather.

Amir Khusro is ranked #300 in the top 500 poets.

2.      DESCRIPTION:

I have analysed the following lines of Amir Khusro and found that some of the lexical items are modified in modern urdu. No word is extinct rather it is modified in modern urdu.

CHANGES IN LEXICAL ITEMS
Old terms	New terms
1.      balhari	Jan hari
2.      sakhain	Sakiyan/sahili
3.      chundar	Chunri/dupata
4.      Kouo	koi
5.      Humko	humain
6.      narnari	Nari/saheli
7.      humko	humain
8.      Tahari	tmhari