Word Meaning
गिर्या-नाक
girya-naak
hiadjective
Meaning
Weeping, tearful, sorrowful, or full of tears.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian compound adjective meaning weeping, mournful, or saturated with tears. In this couplet, it qualifies the lover's weeping eye ('chashm-e-girya-naak') whose torrent of tears has figuratively unleashed a flood that swept away the city. It underscores the poetic hyperbole of endless, catastrophic grief.
Etymology
Persian: composed of 'girya' (weeping, lamentation, from 'girīstan') and the suffix '-nāk' (possessing, full of).
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it is standardly combined with 'chashm' (eye) or 'dil' (heart) to hyperbolically depict intense sorrow.
Examples
A tearful eye gazing upon the beloved's path.
A sorrowful night spent in ceaseless lamentation.
Synonyms
अश्क-बारदीदा-तरपुर-नमआब-दीदा
Related Words
गिर्यागिर्या-ओ-ज़ारीचश्मसैलाब