ज़र

Meaning

Gold, money, riches, or material wealth.

Detailed Meaning

In Persian and Urdu poetry, 'zar' fundamentally signifies gold and material wealth, often personifying worldly greed and temptation. In this couplet, it appears in 'hawas-e-zar' (lust for gold), which acts as a destroyer of honor and drives the sacred beauty of the flower into the public bazaar. It is frequently juxtaposed with spiritual purity, selfless love, and moral integrity.

Etymology

From Persian 'zar' (زر), meaning gold or wealth, tracing back to Old Iranian and related to Avestan 'zari' (yellow, golden).

Usage

In the Urdu ghazal tradition, 'zar' typically symbolizes shallow worldly wealth and greed, standing in direct contrast to the spiritual transcendence of true love.

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