एवज़

Meaning

Compensation, substitute, exchange, or recompense.

Detailed Meaning

'Evaz' denotes a substitute, recompense, or exchange for something. In the cited couplet, it highlights an ironic trade-off: instead of attaining the beloved's smiling lips ('lab-e-khandan'), fate gives the lover tearful eyes ('chashm-e-tar') in return. It conveys the tragic, unequivalent return that longing often yields in classical love.

Etymology

Arabic origin ('iwaḍ), meaning compensation, replacement, or equivalent return.

Usage

In ghazal poetry, it often frames the unfair transactions of love, where devotion is exchanged only for suffering.

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