Word Meaning
ज़ंजीर-साज़ाँ
zanjeer-saazaan
Meaning
Chain-makers; those who forge chains, shackles, or fetters.
Detailed Meaning
'Zanjeer-saazaan' is the Persian plural of 'zanjeer-saaz', referring to blacksmiths who forge chains or fetters. In this couplet, it highlights an extreme hyperbole of madness (junoon): so much iron has been consumed to bind the crazed lover that even the homes of the chain-makers themselves lack an iron ring or knocker for their doors.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'zanjīr' (chain) + 'sāz' (maker/artisan, from 'sāḵẖtan') + animate plural suffix '-ān'.
Usage
In Urdu ghazal poetry, chain-makers are conventionally associated with the lover's frenzy (junūn), which demands constant restraint through forged iron.
Examples
The frenzy of the mad lover exhausted the craft of the chain-makers.
No iron was spared for the doorway of the chain-makers.