Word Meaning
चारपाइयाँ
charpaiyan
hinoun
Meaning
Cots or beds; metaphorically, funeral biers carrying slain lovers.
Detailed Meaning
Literally denotes multiple traditional woven cots or bedsteads. In this couplet, it serves as a grim metaphor for the funeral biers (janāzas) of lovers slain by the lethal beloved. The image captures an endless procession of dead devotees being carried out of the beloved's alley.
Etymology
From Persian 'chār' (four) and 'pā' (foot/leg) combined with the Indo-Aryan feminine noun suffix.
Usage
In classical ghazal imagery, it is frequently employed in a grimly hyperbolic sense to depict funeral biers of faithful lovers.
Examples
Biers carrying fallen lovers from that desolate lane.
Resting upon broken cots beneath the open sky.
Synonyms
खाटेंखटोलेअर्थियाँजनाज़े
Related Words
चारपाईजनाज़ामक़्तलताबूत