Word Meaning
ख़ूँ-बार
khūn-bār
hiadjective
Meaning
Shedding blood, weeping tears of blood, or dripping with blood.
Detailed Meaning
In Persian and Urdu poetics, 'khūn-bār' literally denotes raining or shedding blood. In the cited couplet, it qualifies the lover's eye ('dīda-e-khūn-bār'), which pours forth tears of blood in the agony of separation. It evokes the extreme threshold of grief where weeping turns from salt water to vital essence.
Etymology
Persian compound formed from 'khūn' (blood) and the present stem/suffix '-bār' (from 'bārīdan', to rain or shower).
Usage
A classical ghazal trope used almost exclusively to depict the weeping eyes of the despondent lover or sky weeping in tragic sorrow.
Examples
dīda-e-khūn-bār (the blood-weeping eye)
clouds shedding tears of blood in mourning
Synonyms
अश्क-बारख़ूँ-चकांख़ूँ-रेज़
Related Words
दीदाहिज्रलहूख़ून