Word Meaning
आतिश-नफ़्सी
ātish-nafsī
hinoun
Meaning
Fiery-breathed state; possessing burning, impassioned sighs or speech.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-Arabic compound noun signifying the condition of having fiery breath, laden with intense passion or sorrow. In this couplet, it represents the lover's hidden, scorching emotional intensity and sighs that, if left unrestrained, would literally reduce the surrounding world to ashes.
Etymology
Persian 'ātish' (fire) + Arabic 'nafs' (breath/soul) + Persian suffix '-ī'
Usage
In classical ghazal, it is used as a poetic hyperbole to emphasize how the lover's sigh of despair carries the destructive force of actual fire.
Examples
The fiery breath of grief consumed all solace.
His poetry bore the heat of a fiery-breathed soul.
Synonyms
शोला-बयानीसोज़िशगर्म-दमी
Related Words
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