Word Meaning

चमन-नसबी

chaman-nasabi

hinoun

Meaning

Garden lineage or claiming descent from the garden.

Detailed Meaning

The term refers to the quality or claim of belonging to a noble garden heritage. In this couplet, it highlights how even a dry, seemingly worthless thorn claims its ancestry in the vibrant garden, symbolizing how the humble or destitute retain an inherent dignity and connection to grandeur.

Etymology

Compound of Persian 'chaman' (garden, flowerbed) and Arabic 'nasab' (lineage, descent) with the Persian abstract suffix '-i'.

Usage

Used poetically to contrast outward destitution with an illustrious, noble, or divine origin.

Examples

The dry thorn never forgets its garden ancestry.

Proud of garden lineage despite the cruelty of autumn.

Synonyms

गुल-नसबीगुलशन-निस्बतअस्ल-ए-चमन

Related Words

हसब-ओ-नसबख़ार-ए-ख़ुश्कगुलिस्ताँचमन-ज़ाद
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