Word Meaning
आज़ुर्दगाँ
aazurdagaan
Meaning
Those who are aggrieved, sorrowful, or afflicted (plural).
Detailed Meaning
This is the Persian animate plural form of 'aazurda' (آزرده), referring to people who are grief-stricken, distressed, or wounded at heart. In Ghalib's verse, it refers to those who are dejected without any explicit worldly cause ('be-mojib'). The speaker describes himself as the very imagination or conceptual essence of such causelessly melancholic souls.
Etymology
Persian: plural of 'āzurda' (آزرده, past participle of āzurdan, 'to afflict, pain, grieve') + plural suffix '-ān' (ـان).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazals, this Persian plural is used to evoke the collective fraternity of lovers who share a refined, philosophical state of melancholy.
Examples
The unspoken grief of the afflicted ones
A gathering of sorrowful souls in solitude