Word Meaning
कराहते
karāhte
hiverb
Meaning
Groaning or moaning in pain or distress.
Detailed Meaning
Denotes the act of emitting a low, agonized sound due to physical suffering or profound emotional sorrow. In this couplet, it depicts the poet's reduced capacity for expressing grief, contrasting the loud laments (nale) of his youth with the faint, exhausted moans of his frail age.
Etymology
From Hindi/Hindustani karāhnā, likely of onomatopoeic/Deshya origin imitating the low guttural sound of agony.
Usage
Commonly employed in the ghazal to portray the protracted, quiet suffering and frailty of the desolate lover.
Examples
Groaning in sorrow through the sleepless night.
The wounded heart moans in the silence of desolation.
Synonyms
सिसकतेआह भरतेतड़पते
Related Words
कराहनालाफ़ुग़ाँआह