तकल्लुफ़-बर-तरफ़

Meaning

Formalities aside; frankly speaking; setting all pretense or politeness aside.

Detailed Meaning

An idiomatic phrase meaning 'putting formalities or polite evasions aside' and 'speaking candidly'. In this couplet, it serves as a conversational pivot that drops courtly flattery to offer a blunt, insightful truth about the beloved's self-regard. It underscores that, etiquette aside, the obstacle to love is vanity itself.

Etymology

Compound of Arabic 'takalluf' (pretense, ritual formality) and Persian 'bar-taraf' (aside, set away).

Usage

Used in classical ghazal poetry as an informal or colloquial pivot to transition from courteous rhetoric to blunt, unvarnished emotional reality.

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