Word Meaning
ता-हद
tā-had
hiprepositional phrase
Meaning
Up to the limit; as far as the boundary.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-Arabic compound phrase meaning 'to the limit of' or 'as far as'. In the couplet, it functions within the construct 'tā-had-e-nigāh' (as far as the gaze can reach), describing a landscape overflowing endlessly with flowers. It conveys an experience of boundless beauty and unconfined yearning.
Etymology
Persian 'tā' (until, up to, as far as) prefixed to Arabic 'hadd' (limit, boundary, edge).
Usage
In classical ghazal, it commonly forms an izafat with words like 'nazar' or 'nigāh' to depict vast expanses of desolate deserts or sweeping vistas of beauty.
Examples
The barren wilderness stretched as far as the horizon.
He struggled to the utmost limit of human endurance.
Synonyms
हद तकइंतिहा तकजहाँ तक
Related Words
हद-ए-निगाहता-ब-मक़्दूरता-कयामतसरहद