Word Meaning
कूच
kūch
Meaning
Departure, march, journey, or the act of setting forth.
Detailed Meaning
Denotes departure, decampment, or marching forth from one place to another. In this couplet, 'कूच-ए-मौज' describes the departure or receding movement of the wave, which the poet metaphorically links to the shore yawning in languid intoxication. In classical poetry, it often conveys either the painful journey away from the beloved or the soul's ultimate departure from the mortal world.
Etymology
Persian (کوچ / kūch), meaning march, decampment, migration, or departure.
Usage
In ghazal poetry, 'kūch' frequently symbolizes the lover's eviction from the beloved's street or the inevitable journey of death.
Examples
The drum of departure was sounded, and the caravan moved on.
There was no rest for the heart until the hour of final departure arrived.