Word Meaning
क़हर-आश्ना
qahr-aashna
hiadjective
Meaning
Familiar with wrath, accustomed to fury, or marked by anger.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-Arabic compound adjective meaning acquainted with or accustomed to wrath and destructive anger. In the cited verse by Ghalib, it describes a glance (nigah) that possesses an intimate familiarity with fury beneath outward polite social rituals. It reflects an underlying hostility or devastating intensity veiled only thinly by formality.
Etymology
Arabic 'qahr' (fury, wrath, subjugation) + Persian 'āshnā' (acquainted, familiar).
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it usually characterizes the beloved's merciless glance or nature, which is deeply practiced in tormenting the lover.
Examples
a wrath-familiar glance
weary of your wrath-familiar disposition
Synonyms
ग़ज़ब-आश्नाख़श्म-नाकक़हर-आलूद
Related Words
क़हरआश्नाक़हर-अंगेज़आश्नाई