अज़-चाक

Meaning

Than a tear or slit; compared to a rent.

Detailed Meaning

A Persian prepositional phrase formed by 'az' (meaning 'from' or 'than') and 'chaak' (a rent, slit, or fissure). In comparative constructions such as 'bad-tar az', it establishes comparison against a tear. In this couplet, it measures the poet's devastated state on Eid morning as being even more unbearable than the mad lover's torn collar.

Etymology

Persian: 'az' (preposition meaning 'from, than') + 'chāk' (noun meaning 'tear, rent, fissure').

Usage

Employed in Persianized Urdu poetry to introduce classic comparative tropes of desolation and madness.

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