Word Meaning
तीमारदार
tīmārdār
hinoun
Meaning
A caregiver, attendant, or nurse attending to a sick person.
Detailed Meaning
Refers to a caregiver or attendant who looks after a sick person. In this couplet, it expresses absolute loneliness and desolation, portraying an extreme wish or reality where the poet faces affliction without anyone to nurse him. It emphasizes total alienation and independence from worldly sympathy.
Etymology
Persian (tīmār, meaning care, sorrow, or nursing + dār, suffix meaning keeper/possessor).
Usage
In ghazal poetry, the teemardaar is often contrasted with the indifferent beloved or cited to heighten the tragic solitude of the love-sick poet.
Examples
No attendant arrived at the lover's sickbed.
A lonely night passed without any caregiver nearby.
Synonyms
परिचारकसेवकग़मख़्वार
Related Words
तीमारदारीबीमारचारागर