Word Meaning
गोराँ
gorān
hinoun (plural)
Meaning
Graves or tombs; plural form of grave (gor).
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu and Persian poetry, 'gorān' is the plural of 'gor', meaning graves or tombs. In the compound 'shahr-e-gorān' (city of graves), it refers to a cemetery or allegorically to the mortal world where souls reside in heedlessness or death. The poet contrasts this realm of oblivion with the seeing eye (chashm-e-bīnā).
Etymology
Persian: gor (grave) + -ān (plural suffix)
Usage
Commonly encountered in classical poetry within the Persian compound 'shahr-e-gorān' to depict the graveyard or human mortality.
Examples
The silence of the city of graves
Passing through the realm of tombs
Synonyms
क़ब्रेंमज़ारमदफ़न
Related Words
गोरगोरिस्तानशहर-ए-ख़ामोशाँलहद