Love is the most talked-about feeling in the world; songs, poems, ghazals, qawwalis, pictures, dramas, movies—it’s basically everywhere! And let’s just admit that love has the power to make people do silly things. Grown-ups do the baby talk, their brain suddenly comes to a halt and refuses to use common sense, and people come up with nicknames that just make people around them cringe.

Here is the list of some of the crazy things people in Pakistan call their significant others:

  • 1. Jaan
  • 2. Jaanu
  • 3. Sirtaaj
  • 4. Billa
  • 5. Maano
  • 6. Sweetu
  • 7. Kainaat
  • 8. Paroo
  • 9. Darling 
  • 1o. Bugu
  • 11. Booboo
  • 12. Cutie pie
  • 13. Baby
  • 14. Shona

And when you finally marry your bae:

15. *Insert child’s name* Kay Papa/Pinky ki Mama 

Aap log apnay BAE ko kia bulaate hain? 

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Cover image via: Zara Shahjahan