झिजकते

Meaning

Hesitating, feeling reluctance, or shrinking back in apprehension.

Detailed Meaning

Refers to the act of hesitating, faltering, or feeling restrained by uncertainty, fear, or shyness. In this verse, it depicts wine-drinkers pausing in hesitation before the speaker's cup, finding his potent, unconventional spiritual wine too intense to embrace immediately.

Etymology

Derived from the Indo-Aryan onomatopoeic or descriptive verbal base झिझक / جھجھک.

Usage

Commonly employed in Urdu poetry to capture the lover's timidity, modesty, or the hesitation of seekers confronting fierce spiritual truths.

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