Word Meaning
जादाद
jādād
Meaning
Property, estate, domain, or realm.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning property, real estate, or an endowed holding, the term is used here to denote a sovereign territory or domain. In the couplet, the poet boldly claims all six dimensions of the cosmos as the rightful estate allocated for the wine-drinking of free spirits. What the heedless moralist misinterprets as worldly ruin is actually the glorious expansion of the lovers' kingdom.
Etymology
Persian jā-dād (from 'jā', place + 'dād', given/granted).
Usage
In classical ghazal, it typically serves either in mundane contexts of inheritance and wealth or as an ironic, elevated metaphor for the mystical domain of tavern-goers.
Examples
All six directions are the estate of the intoxicated.
He renounced worldly property for spiritual ecstasy.
