Word Meaning
ख़ल्लाक़ी
khallāqī
Meaning
Creativeness, inventive power, or the creative faculty of the imagination.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetry, 'khallaqi' denotes the sublime creative ability or inventiveness, historically derived from the divine attribute of creation. In this couplet, it describes the inventive capacity of the poet's imagination (takhayyul) which weaves illusions and possibilities far detached from plain reality. It elevates human artistic perception to a realm capable of generating entirely new worlds.
Etymology
Arabic, derived from the root خ-ل-ق (kh-l-q, 'to create'), through 'khallāq' (the Supreme Creator) with the abstract noun suffix '-ī'.
Usage
In classical poetry, it frequently collocates with words like 'takhayyul' (imagination) or 'zehn' (mind) to highlight the poet's quasi-divine power of artistic creation.
Examples
takhayyul kī khallāqī se nae jahāñ ban gae
fannkār ke hunar meñ us kī khallāqī numāyāñ hai