Word Meaning
तुनुक-हौसला
tunuk-hausla
Meaning
Faint-hearted, impatient, possessing little endurance or capacity to keep secrets.
Detailed Meaning
A compound formed from Persian 'tunuk' (frail, slight) and Arabic 'hausila' (capacity, endurance, fortitude), denoting someone lacking resilience. In this couplet, it characterizes the lover's heart and eyes as too frail and deficient in patience to bear and conceal the secret of love even for an instant.
Etymology
Persian 'tunuk' (narrow, frail, scarce) + Arabic 'ḥauṣala' (crop/stomach of a bird, capacity, patience, courage).
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it is frequently used to reproach the lover's own heart or eyes for lacking the forbearance required in love.
Examples
The faint-hearted lover could not withstand the grief of separation.
Such fragile courage was insufficient to hold the unspoken mystery.