आसमानों

Meaning

Skies, heavens, or lofty heights; plural oblique form of aasman.

Detailed Meaning

The plural oblique form of 'aasman', referring to the skies, celestial spheres, or lofty heights. In this couplet, it represents exaggerated pride, vanity, and delusions of grandeur far removed from earthly reality. It emphasizes the stark irony of mortal humans having excessively haughty minds.

Etymology

Persian 'āsmān' (آسمان), from Middle Persian 'āsmān', ultimately rooted in Proto-Indo-Iranian *asman- ('stone, vault of heaven').

Usage

In classical ghazal, the skies are frequently used to symbolize supreme loftiness, the cruelty of fate (charkh/falak), or unreachable pride contrasting with earthly dust.

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