Word Meaning
ढंग
dhang
hinoun (masculine)
Meaning
Manner, way, method, style, or conduct.
Detailed Meaning
The word refers to a manner, customary behavior, method, or disposition. In the cited couplet by Mir Taqi Mir, it conveys an improper or unbecoming way of acting, questioning the habit of constant lamentation as improper decorum or style of living with grief.
Etymology
Derived from Prakrit / Sanskrit roots related to formation or design; an indigenous Indo-Aryan (Hindustani) noun.
Usage
In ghazal poetry, 'dhang' often appears in colloquial or introspective verses to comment ironically or reproachfully on behavior, manners of passion, or the ways of the world.
Examples
To express love has its own graceful manner.
Constant lamenting is hardly the proper way to live.
Synonyms
तरीक़ासलीक़ाअंदाज़अदा
Related Words
बेढंगारंग-ढंगतौर-तरीक़ा