Word Meaning
घटते
ghaṭte
hiverb participle
Meaning
Gradually decreasing, diminishing, waning, or fading away.
Detailed Meaning
In poetry, this participle conveys continuous reduction, waning, or physical depletion. In this couplet, it is used in reduplication ('ghaṭte ghaṭte') to evoke the slow, inexorable fading of the lover's breath and vital strength, akin to a lamp whose oil is almost spent.
Etymology
From Hindi/Urdu ghaṭnā (to decrease), derived from Sanskrit ghaṭate (diminishes, moves).
Usage
In classical ghazal, it is frequently reduplicated to illustrate the prolonged, agonizing decline of the lover's life force or a dying lamp.
Examples
ghaṭte ghaṭte bujh gayā sham'a-e-umīd kā nūr
ghaṭte ghaṭte jaan labon tak aa pahuñchī
Synonyms
कम होतेक्षीण होतेघुलते
Related Words
घटनाघटावघट