Word Meaning
ख़ुद-फ़रोशी-हा
khud-faroshī-hā
Meaning
Acts of self-display, vanity, or exhibiting one's own worth.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian plural compound denoting multiple instances of self-aggrandizement, boasting, or vanity. In this couplet, it represents the pretentious and hollow exhibitionism of worldly life, which the poet dismisses as a laughable illusion. This vain posture of existence is juxtaposed with the painful devaluation of the sensitive heart.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'khwud' (self) + 'farōsh' (seller/displayer, from farōkhtan) + abstract noun suffix '-ī' + plural suffix '-hā'.
Usage
Employed in classical ghazal to philosophically mock worldly egotism, false pride, and the triviality of material existence.
Examples
To witness the vain self-displays of the worldly life
Though we were ruined, that conceit never ceased