Word Meaning
जाँ-गुदाज़
jāñ-gudāz
hiadjective
Meaning
Soul-melting, life-consuming, heart-rending, or fatal.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning 'soul-melting', this compound adjective describes an agony, grief, or passion powerful enough to dissolve life itself. In the couplet, it qualifies 'nafas' (sigh or breath), indicating a single breath of unexpressed pain potent enough to utterly consume the speaker.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'jān' (life, soul) and 'gudāz' (melting, dissolving; from gudākhtan).
Usage
A frequent trope in the ghazal tradition used to heighten the devastating physical and metaphysical impact of unexpressed love and sighs.
Examples
A soul-melting sigh
The burning pain of a life-consuming grief
Synonyms
जाँ-सोज़जाँ-गुसिलरूह-फ़र्साजिगर-दोज़
Related Words
गुदाज़नफ़सआहसोज़