खिज़ानी

Meaning

Pertaining to autumn; autumnal; withered or fading.

Detailed Meaning

In Persian and Urdu poetics, 'khizānī' functions as an adjective meaning autumnal, faded, or associated with the season of decay. In Ghalib's verse, 'gul-e-khizānī-e-sham‘' imagines the burning or spent wick of a candle as a withered autumn flower, symbolizing joy born of suffering and transience.

Etymology

Persian: from 'ḳhizān' (autumn, leaf-fall) + adjectival nisbat suffix '-ī'.

Usage

Conventionally deployed in the ghazal as an antithesis to 'bahār' (spring), symbolizing sorrow, decline, or the bittersweet beauty of dissolution.

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