Word Meaning
आजिज़-सुख़न
ājiz-sukhan
hiadjective
Meaning
Deficient in speech or poetry; lacking poetic mastery.
Detailed Meaning
A compound formed from 'ājiz' (helpless, deficient) and 'sukhan' (speech or verse). It designates a poet or speaker who lacks eloquence, fluency, or rhetorical mastery. In the couplet, it is placed in direct antithesis to 'qādir-sukhan' (a master of speech) to highlight artistic humility or contrast.
Etymology
Arabic 'ājiz' (عاجز, powerless, deficient) + Persian 'sukhan' (سخن, speech, discourse).
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it is primarily employed as an expression of poetic modesty (inkisārī) or in rhetorical contrast with master poets.
Examples
Who will heed the lament of one deficient in speech?
I remain helpless in verse, while they are masters of words.
Synonyms
कम-सुख़नबे-ज़बानना-तवाँ-गो
Related Words
क़ादिर-सुख़नसुख़न-वरसुख़न-फ़हम