Word Meaning
आमोख़्तन
aamokhtan
hinoun
Meaning
To learn; the act of learning, studying, or practicing.
Detailed Meaning
In Persian grammar, 'aamokhtan' is an infinitive meaning 'to learn' or 'to teach'. In highly Persianized Urdu ghazals, poets such as Ghalib use Persian infinitives as verbal nouns to signify an ongoing process or enduring habit. In this couplet, it represents the unfinished state of continuously learning and enduring a burning inner agitation.
Etymology
Persian infinitive آموختن (āmūkhtan), from Middle Persian āmōxtan ('to learn, teach').
Usage
Used as an uninflected Persian infinitive in classical Urdu poetry to give a formal, elevated, and abstract tone to a verbal action.
Examples
A lifetime spent in learning the art of endurance.
Still learning the difficult lessons of love.
Synonyms
सीखनाअध्ययनतालीम
Related Words
आमोख़्ताआमोज़गारआमोज़िश