Word Meaning
ख़ुम-कद
khum-kada
hinoun
Meaning
Tavern, wine-cellar, or a place where wine-vats are kept.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Persian and Urdu poetry, 'khum-kada' refers to a wine house, tavern, or storeroom of wine casks. In this couplet, it metaphorically depicts the spring cloud as an intoxicating vessel or cellar brewing delight, questioning whose sublime imagination produced it. It embodies spiritual intoxication, ecstatic joy, and poetic inspiration.
Etymology
Persian compound formed from 'khum' (خم, large wine jar/vat) and '-kada' (کدہ, place/abode).
Usage
Frequently employed in Sufi and ghazal poetry as an allegorical space of spiritual ecstasy and liberation from dry asceticism.
Examples
The mystic seeks light inside the wine-cellar.
Spring turned the garden into an intoxicating cellar.
Synonyms
मय-ख़ानाख़राबातमैकदा
Related Words
ख़ुमख़ुमारमय-ख़ानासाक़ी