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Sher or She'r (Arabic: شعر) is the common word for poem in Arabic and Persian. In Urdu, sher is a form of poetry, essentially a couplet. The plural for Sher is Ashaar. The form ghazal is nothing but a collection of mulitiple shers - each of which should convey a complete thought without any reference to other shers of the same ghazal. In Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Shaayaree, or poetry, essentially comprises couplet, or Sher. The plural for Sher is Ashaar.
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