Word Meaning
कारगह
kārgah
hinoun
Meaning
A workshop, atelier, or place where work or manufacture is done.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning a workshop or manufactory, 'kārgah' is the poetic contracted form of the Persian 'kārgāh'. In this couplet, it represents the entire universe ('āfāq') as an ultra-delicate glassblower's atelier. The metaphor highlights the profound fragility, transience, and precarity of human life and existence.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'kār' (work, deed) and 'gah' (shortened form of 'gāh', meaning place).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, it is frequently used metaphorically for the world or cosmos where divine creation and mortal fate are shaped.
Examples
The fragile workshop of existence
In the grand atelier of destiny
Synonyms
कारख़ानाकर्मशालाकारगाह
Related Words
कारकारगाहशीशागरीआफ़ाक़