तलक

Meaning

Until, till, up to, as long as.

Detailed Meaning

A postposition used to express a limit in time or space, serving as an equivalent to 'tak'. In this couplet, it specifies the time limit required for the wounds to heal ('bharte talak'). The poet laments that before that healing can finish, his nails will grow back to scratch them open again.

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit / Prakrit roots, cognate with early New Indo-Aryan forms leading to standard Hindi-Urdu 'तक' (tak).

Usage

Widely used in classical poetry as a lyrical and metrically versatile variant of 'tak'.

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