Word Meaning
क़द-कश
qad-kash
hiadjective
Meaning
Tall, erect, and stately in stature; graceful like a cypress.
Detailed Meaning
A Persianate compound adjective describing someone endowed with an erect, tall, and elegant stature. In the couplet, it refers to the beloved's lofty and graceful figure, compared directly to an upright cypress tree ('sarv'). It conveys an alluring physical majesty seen in romantic imagination.
Etymology
Arabic 'qadd' (height, stature) + Persian root '-kash' (from 'kashīdan', to draw or extend upward).
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it is standardly associated with the cypress ('sarv') to praise the beloved's majestic, tall, and alluring physical stature.
Examples
A graceful beloved of stately, upright stature.
Walking through the garden like an erect cypress.
Synonyms
सर्व-क़ददराज़-क़दबुलंद-क़ामत
Related Words
क़द-ओ-क़ामतसर्व-क़दक़ामत