Word Meaning
ग़ारत
ghārat
hinoun
Meaning
Plunder, ravage, utter ruin, or destruction.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'ghārat' conveys the sense of looting, pillaging, or catastrophic destruction. In this couplet, it portrays how grief has thoroughly laid waste to the flourishing, populous kingdom of the lover's heart. It commonly functions in verbal compounds such as 'ghārat karnā' (to ruin, pillage) and 'ghārat honā' (to be ruined).
Etymology
Arabic (غارة / ghārah, meaning raid, incursion, or predatory attack).
Usage
Frequently deployed in the ghazal to dramatize how sorrow, fate, or the beloved's tyranny completely desolates the lover's inner realm.
Examples
The city of my dreams was laid to ruin.
Cruelty pillaged all the peace of my soul.
Synonyms
बरबादतबाहताराजहलाक
Related Words
ग़ारतगरग़ारतगरीबरबादी