Word Meaning
ख़राबे
kharābe
hinoun, masculine (oblique form)
Meaning
A ruined place, desolate wasteland, or ruins.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetry, 'kharāba' refers to a ruin, wasteland, or dilapidated settlement. In this couplet, it serves as a metaphor for the transient and perishable mortal world, where any effort to build permanence is futile against the relentless flood of disasters. It conveys the tragic inevitability of decay in material existence.
Etymology
From Arabic root kh-r-b (خ-ر-ب, meaning to be desolate, ruined), borrowed through Persian with suffixation.
Usage
Often employed in classical ghazal to depict the fragility of the mundane world or the devastation of a grief-stricken heart.
Examples
Do not seek permanence in this ruin.
The desolate ruin of the heart could never flourish again.
Synonyms
वीरानाखंडहरबयाबान
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