किस्वत

Meaning

Dress, clothing, robe, or covering.

Detailed Meaning

Kiswat refers to clothing, apparel, or an external garment or covering. In this couplet, 'kiswat-e-faanoos' denotes the mantle or glass casing of the lantern, personified as wearing a dress in which the candle's wick prickles like an intrusive thorn. It frequently carries symbolic resonance in poetry as an external manifestation or veil.

Etymology

Arabic (kiswah/kiswat, from the root k-s-w, meaning to clothe or drape).

Usage

In classical Urdu poetry, it is frequently used in genitive compounds (izafat) to poeticize metaphorical drapery or worldly vestments.

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