Word Meaning
तेशे
teshe
hinoun
Meaning
Pickaxe or adze, an axe-like tool for cutting stone or wood.
Detailed Meaning
In Persian and Urdu poetry, 'tesha' refers to the adze or pickaxe used for hewing rock. It is indelibly associated with Farhad (Kohkan), the legendary lover who carved through Mount Bisutun to win Shirin. In Ghalib's verse, it signifies the conventional instrument of death that Farhad relied upon, exposing his bondage to worldly forms even in martyrdom.
Etymology
Persian (تیشه - tisha), meaning adze, hatchet, or stonecutter's pick.
Usage
Frequently deployed in ghazal poetics alongside Farhad and Kohkan as an emblem of arduous romantic labor and tragic sacrifice.
Examples
The blow of the pickaxe carved a river of milk through stone.
He could not end his life without his faithful adze.
Synonyms
बसूलाकुल्हाड़ातबर
Related Words
कोहकनफ़रहादसंगतराशज़र्ब