Word Meaning
अज़-ख़वीश
az-khwīsh
hiprepositional phrase
Meaning
From oneself; out of oneself; beyond one's own control or awareness.
Detailed Meaning
In Persian and Urdu poetics, 'az-khwish' literally means 'from oneself' or 'out of one's own being'. In Mir's couplet, it combines with 'rafta' to denote being beside oneself or utterly oblivious to one's own existence due to grief and love. It emphasizes the lover's complete estrangement from his own conscious presence without the beloved.
Etymology
Persian: preposition 'az' (from, out of) + 'khwīsh' (self, one's own).
Usage
Commonly paired with words like 'rafta' or 'begāna' in ghazals to depict states of mystical ecstasy, longing, or trance.
Examples
To wander lost from oneself in the wilderness of grief.
Becoming departed from oneself upon a single glimpse of the beloved.
Synonyms
अज़-ख़ुदख़ुद सेआप से
Related Words
ख़वीशरफ़्ताअज़-ख़ुदबे-ख़ुद