Word Meaning

गुल-ब-कोह

gul-ba-koh

hinoun phrase

Meaning

Flowers across the mountain; floral blossoming on the hillside.

Detailed Meaning

A Persian prepositional phrase meaning 'flower upon the mountain' or the spectacle of hills covered in blooms. In this couplet, it describes how wild red tulips blooming across rugged mountains create an intense, restless scene of color and passion. It evokes nature's spontaneous, fiery beauty adorning an otherwise harsh landscape.

Etymology

Persian phrase composed of 'gul' (flower, rose), 'ba' (in, upon, at), and 'koh' (mountain, hill).

Usage

Employed in high classical Urdu ghazal to paint vivid, Persianized landscapes reflecting emotional turmoil or fiery beauty.

Examples

Spring brought gul-ba-koh along the barren ridges.

The lover's heart blazed like gul-ba-koh in solitude.

Synonyms

गुल-ए-कोहलाला-ए-कोहीगुलज़ार-ए-कोह

Related Words

कोहसारलालागुलज़ारमिजमर
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