Word Meaning
जुनूँ-आमेज़
junūn-āmez
Meaning
Tinged with madness, passion-infused, or blended with frenzy.
Detailed Meaning
A Persianate compound describing something mixed or infused with frenzy, passion, or divine ecstatic madness. In Iqbal's couplet, it describes how the poet's passionate song infuses the prudent intellect of the wise thinker with divine, passionate madness. It represents the triumph of poetic and spiritual ecstasy over cold, calculated reason.
Etymology
Arabic 'junūn' (madness, passion) + Persian '-āmez' (stem of āmīkhtan, to mix or blend).
Usage
Commonly used in classical ghazal to portray intellect, poetry, or thoughts becoming tainted or elevated by romantic and mystic frenzy.
Examples
A passion-infused sigh that shattered reason
Words tinged with madness, beyond the grasp of intellect