Word Meaning
ऐश-बाज़ी-कदा
aish-bāzī-kada
Meaning
A pleasure-house; an abode of amusement, play, and merrymaking.
Detailed Meaning
A compound noun signifying a space or hall dedicated to revelry, diversion, and play. In the couplet, the poet meta-theatrically depicts his school of experience (dabistan) as an arena where the pursuit of eternal longings is enacted as an agonizing play of pleasure. It weaves the paradox of festive delight with the tragic stain of sacrifice and unfulfilled desire.
Etymology
Arabic 'aish (pleasure, living) + Persian bāzī (play, game) + Persian kada (dwelling, house).
Usage
Employed in high classical Urdu-Persian diction to symbolize places of earthly distraction or ironic sites of tragic amusement.
Examples
He viewed this transient realm as nothing more than an aish-bazi-kada.
The ruined heart was once an aish-bazi-kada of youthful dreams.