Word Meaning
क़ीमा
qīmā
hinoun
Meaning
Minced meat; finely chopped or shredded into tiny pieces.
Detailed Meaning
Literally refers to minced or finely chopped meat. In classical Urdu poetry, it metaphorically denotes cutting, shredding, or reducing the lover's heart or liver into minuscule bits under extreme anguish. In Mir's couplet, it vividly illustrates the speaker's emotional devastation and utter heartbreak.
Etymology
From Turkic (Chagatai/Ottoman qıyma, meaning minced meat), borrowed into Persian and Urdu.
Usage
In classical ghazals, 'qīmā karnā' is used hyperbolically to depict violent emotional fragmentation and grief rending the heart.
Examples
The sorrow of separation minced his heart into bits.
To shred one's heart in unbearable grief.
Synonyms
रेज़ा-रेज़ाटुकड़े-टुकड़ेपारह-पारह
Related Words
लख़्त-ए-जिगरजिगरज़ख़्म