Word Meaning
आतिश-नाक
ātish-nāk
Meaning
Fiery, burning, flaming, or full of passionate heat.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning fiery or burning, it describes anything possessing the intensity, luminescence, or heat of fire. In Iqbal's couplet, compounded in 'āb-e-ātish-nāk' (fiery water, an idiom for wine), it symbolizes the impassioned, transformative wine of inner faith and spiritual awakening intended to revitalize formal scholastic institutions. It thus conveys dynamic warmth, spiritual restlessness, and profound intellectual vitality.
Etymology
Persian: composed of 'ātish' (fire) and the adjectival suffix '-nāk' (characterized by, full of).
Usage
Often employed in Urdu poetry as an epithet for wine, love, or tears to denote overwhelming emotional or spiritual intensity.
Examples
a cup of fiery wine
a heart filled with fiery lamentations