कज-रवी

Meaning

Crooked conduct, perversity, unjust behavior, or waywardness.

Detailed Meaning

Literally meaning walking crookedly or taking an oblique path, 'kaj-ravi' metaphorically signifies perverse, unjust, or deceitful conduct. In classical poetry, it frequently denotes the hostile caprice, cruelty, and unfaithfulness of destiny or the heavens towards the lover. In this couplet, it characterizes the crooked, oppressive machinations of the sky (falak).

Etymology

Persian compound formed from 'kaj' (crooked, bent) and 'ravi' (going, walking; from 'raftan', to go).

Usage

In classical Urdu ghazal, 'kaj-ravi' is a standard poetic trope employed to reproach the sky (falak) or fate for its unrelenting contrariness and cruelty toward the lover.

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