जावेदाँ

Meaning

Eternal, everlasting, or immortal.

Detailed Meaning

Denotes something perpetual, everlasting, or endowed with immortality. In this couplet, it modifies life in the compound 'umr-e-javedaan' (eternal life), contrasting the secretive, stolen immortality of Khizr with living honorably and visibly among humankind.

Etymology

Persian (جاودان / جاویدان, from jāvīd meaning eternal + suffix -ān).

Usage

Commonly paired with 'umr' or 'hayat' in classical ghazals to evoke philosophical musings on time, mortality, and the afterlife.

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