Word Meaning
चढ़ा
chadha
hiverb
Meaning
Mounted, ascended, or appeared as a flush or glow.
Detailed Meaning
In this couplet, 'चढ़ा' is used in the idiomatic sense of 'मुँह चढ़ना' (color or vitality rising to the face). The speaker describes a state of enduring melancholy so deep that fresh color, brightness, or youthfulness never mounted their countenance.
Etymology
From Prakrit 'caḍhaï', derived from Sanskrit 'caḍhati' (to ascend, mount, or rise).
Usage
In ghazal poetry, it often functions idiomatically to describe the flush of wine, love, blush, or the pallor of illness rising to the lover's face.
Examples
A pale shadow mounted his face.
No bloom ever climbed her cheeks.
Synonyms
उभराआयाछायासवार हुआ
Related Words
चढ़नाचढ़ावरंग-रू