तद

Meaning

Then; still, even then (used especially in the phrase 'tad bhi').

Detailed Meaning

An archaic variant of 'tab' (then) frequent in early Urdu and Rekhta poetry. In this couplet, it combines with 'bhi' as 'tad bhi' to mean 'even then' or 'nevertheless'. It underscores that despite catastrophic sorrow turning the whole world black, the lover's cries would remain futile.

Etymology

Sanskrit tad (तद्) via Prakrit; an archaic northern Indo-Aryan variant of modern Hindustani 'tab'.

Usage

Common in early classical Rekhta poetry, often serving as a metrical variant of 'tab'.

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