Word Meaning
उड़ाने
udaane
hiverb (oblique infinitive / ver
Meaning
Severing or decapitating (as of a head); causing to fly.
Detailed Meaning
While 'udaanaa' generally means to make something fly, blow away, or scatter, in this couplet it appears within the idiom 'sar udaanaa' (to behead or sever the head). The beloved's promise to execute the lover is depicted as an act of intimate cruelty and wit. The inflected infinitive functions as a verbal noun governed by the postposition 'ke'.
Etymology
From Sanskrit 'उड्डी' (uḍḍī, to fly) developing through Prakrit into Hindustani 'उड़ना/उड़ाना'.
Usage
In classical ghazal, it often forms dramatic idioms like 'sar udaanaa' (to decapitate) or 'hosh udaanaa' (to bewilder).
Examples
To sever the head with a single strike of the sword
To wander scattering dust in the lanes of the beloved
Synonyms
कलम करनेकाटनेजुदा करने
Related Words
उड़ानाउड़नासरक़त्ल