Word Meaning
ग़म-ख़्वारों
gham-khvāroñ
Meaning
Sympathizers, comforters, or confidants who share one's grief (plural oblique).
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-derived compound signifying those who endure, consume, or share someone's affliction; true sympathizers and comforters. In Mir's verse, it refers poignantly to the poet's own heart and liver, personified as his sole loyal confidants in misery. The verse mourns their tragic destruction, which leaves him utterly stripped of his closest comforters.
Etymology
Persian compound: 'gham' (grief, from Arabic) + 'khwār' (stem of khwardan, 'to eat' or 'to suffer').
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, comforters are often portrayed ironically or contrasted with sanctimonious counselors who cannot grasp the lover's suffering.
Examples
No one remained among the comforters to hear his plight.
Even the sympathizers turned away from the wounded lover.