Word Meaning
काविश-हा
kāvish-hā
Meaning
Repeated piercings, painful scratchings, or relentless probings.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian plural formed by adding the suffix '-hā' to 'kāvish', meaning diggings, scratchings, or relentless pricking. In this couplet, it denotes the repeated, piercing wounds inflicted by the beloved's sharp eyelashes. The lover represents himself as a repository that endures these continuous cruel probings.
Etymology
Persian; from the verb 'kāvīdan' (to dig, pierce, investigate) + noun suffix '-ish' + plural marker '-hā'.
Usage
In classical ghazal poetry, it evokes either the physical pain of piercing glances or the mental anguish of obsessive introspection.
Examples
kāvish-hā-e-dil (the relentless probings and agonies of the heart)
kāvish-hā-e-nigāh (the piercing glances of the eye)