Word Meaning
आहें
āheñ
hinoun
Meaning
Deep sighs or groans expressive of grief, sorrow, or yearning.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'āheñ' denotes the lamentations and heated sighs arising from love, longing, and suffering. In this couplet, the lover's glances are depicted as dark sighs gathered within the core of the pupil, visually translating deep inner anguish into vision.
Etymology
From Persian 'āh' (آہ), meaning an exclamation or noun of sighing/sorrow, with the Urdu feminine plural suffix '-eñ'.
Usage
In the ghazal, the lover's 'āh' is often dramatized as a smoky or burning breath that carries the power to set the cosmos ablaze.
Examples
Sighs rising from the heat of separation
Cold sighs that leave the heavens shaken
Synonyms
सिसकियाँफरियादेंसाँसें
Related Words
आह-ओ-फुग़ाँनालासोज़कशिश