Word Meaning
ज़े-सर-ता-पा
ze-sar-ta-pa
hiadverb
Meaning
From head to foot; completely; entirely.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian compound adverbial phrase meaning 'from head to foot' or thoroughly and completely. In the couplet, the poet describes being hunched or coiled like a ring from head to toe in deep contemplation of lament. It signifies total immersion and physical embodiment of sorrow.
Etymology
Persian: ze/zi (from) + sar (head) + tā (until/to) + pā (foot).
Usage
Widely used in classical ghazals both in praising the beloved's head-to-toe beauty (sarāpā) and in expressing the lover's total engulfment in misery.
Examples
Entirely trembling from head to foot in fear.
Drenched in sorrow from head to toe.
Synonyms
सर-ता-पासरापासर-ता-ब-क़दमसरोपा
Related Words
सरोपासर-ता-पाआपादमस्तकसकलबदन