Word Meaning
जुम्लातन
jumla-tan
hiadjective
Meaning
Entirely of body; from head to toe; completely an embodiment of something.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-Arabic compound meaning entirely embodied or from head to toe. In this couplet, it describes the soul in the spiritual realm as having been pure subtlety and grace throughout its entire being before descending into dust. It emphasizes an absolute, total condition of grace.
Etymology
Arabic 'jumla' (all, whole, entire) + Persian 'tan' (body, person).
Usage
Used in classical Urdu poetry to intensify an abstract attribute, describing a being as physically composed entirely of that quality.
Examples
jumla-tan noor thi wo shama-e-shabistaan-e-wafa
sar taa ba-qadam jumla-tan ejaaz-e-nazaakat
Synonyms
सर-ब-सरमुजस्समसरापाहमह-तन
Related Words
जुम्लातनहमह-तनसर-ता-पा
