Word Meaning

डाल

daal

hiverb

Meaning

To cast, throw, drop, or fling into.

Detailed Meaning

Here, 'डाल' functions as the root form within the compound imperative verb 'डाल दो', meaning to throw, fling, or cast into. In this couplet, it conveys a striking and audacious gesture of discarding heaven into hell to purify devotion of any material reward.

Etymology

From Indo-Aryan / Prakrit (connected to Old Indo-Aryan roots denoting throwing or casting down).

Usage

In Urdu ghazal, it frequently combines with auxiliary verbs such as 'देना' to denote decisive, forceful, or sudden physical and emotional action.

Examples

Cast the veil off from the face.

Do not throw the heart into endless torment.

Synonyms

फेंकझोंकगिरा

Related Words

डालनाडाल देनाडालकर
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