Word Meaning
ज़ख़म
zakhm
hinoun, masculine
Meaning
Wound, injury, cut, or emotional scar.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Persian and Urdu poetry, 'zakhm' denotes both physical injury and deep emotional pain resulting from love or fate. In this couplet, it occurs in the compound 'dahān-e-zakhm-e-dil' (the opening of the heart's wound), poetically likened to a smiling mouth. The speaker views outward mirth not as joy, but as the gaping wound of internal suffering.
Etymology
From Persian 'زخم' (zakhm), meaning a blow, stroke, or wound.
Usage
In the ghazal, zakhm is frequently associated with salt (namak), sewing (rafū), or the Beloved's arrow to dramatize relentless longing.
Examples
The wound of the heart remained incurable.
They sprinkled salt upon the fresh wound.
Synonyms
घावजराहतचोट
Related Words
ज़ख़्मीमरहमरफ़ू