Word Meaning
ताबूत
tābūt
hinoun (masculine)
Meaning
Coffin, bier, or casket for carrying a corpse.
Detailed Meaning
A coffin, casket, or bier used for carrying a corpse to its burial. In classical Urdu verse, it functions as a potent motif representing the lover's ultimate demise, unfulfilled longing, and funeral solemnities. In this couplet, it signifies Mir's bier, which was overwhelmed by an enormous crowd of mourners.
Etymology
Arabic tābūt (تَابُوت), meaning ark, chest, or coffin (historically borrowed through Aramaic/Hebrew).
Usage
In the ghazal tradition, it frequently symbolizes the tragic culmination of the lover's devotion and death from grief.
Examples
The silent procession moved carrying the weary lover's coffin.
In utter loneliness, none arrived to shoulder his bier.
Synonyms
शव-पेटीअर्थीजनाज़ाना'श
Related Words
जनाज़ाकफ़नतद्फ़ीनमज़ार