You’ve Been Singing These Popular Bollywood Songs But Do You Know What They Mean?

Shabdita Pareek

Bollywood songs have evolved a lot over the past couple of years. While there might be some Sheelas and Munnis here and there, Bollywood is also home to some great, meaningful songs and lyricists. But more often than not, we go on humming songs for days, not knowing what they actually mean. Sometimes, it’s a word picked up from another language, and at other times, it’s a new word invented by the lyricist! We have no idea as to what the word means. But, not anymore. 

Here, we’ve decoded some of the most popular songs and what they mean, for you. We’ve tried our best to translate them to English without losing the essence in translation.

Here are 25 words from Bollywood songs with their meanings:

Design credits: Rohit Jakhu

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