Word Meaning
क़तरा-फ़िशानी-हा
qatra-fishānī-hā
Meaning
Multiple droppings, repeated sprinkling, or scattering of drops.
Detailed Meaning
It denotes the repeated act or multiplicity of scattering and shedding drops. Formed by compounding Arabic 'qatra' (drop) with Persian 'fishānī' (sprinkling) and the Persian plural suffix '-hā', it signifies continuous wine-spilling in this couplet. Ghalib depicts how excessive careless dripping of wine during intoxicated carousal eventually manifested as a devastating rain of stones upon the tavern.
Etymology
Arabic 'qatra' (drop) + Persian 'fishānī' (scattering/sprinkling, from fishāndan) + Persian plural suffix '-hā'.
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, appending the Persian plural suffix '-hā' to abstract nouns intensifies the frequency, abundance, or poetic gravity of the described action.
Examples
The frequent shedding of tears revealed the profound anguish of separation.
Every scattered drop of wine on the tavern floor heralded devastation.