Word Meaning
टाली
tālī
hiverb
Meaning
Warded off, averted, deflected, or postponed.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, this verb form refers to averting or warding off an impending calamity, sorrow, or fatal consequence. In the context of the couplet, it implies somehow escaping, deflecting, or freeing oneself with great difficulty ('jūn tūn') from the calamitous burden of obsessive love that historically consumed Farhad.
Etymology
Sanskrit origin (from roots related to shifting or moving aside: टल् / ṭal), developed through Prakrit and Hindustani as 'ṭālnā'.
Usage
Frequently paired with calamities like 'balā' (बला) or 'musībat' (मुसीबत) to express averting disaster or delaying inevitable grief.
Examples
She averted the calamity that loomed over her life.
No one could ward off the stroke of fate.
Synonyms
हटा दीदफ़ा कीदूर कीबचाई
Related Words
टालनाटालमटोल