Word Meaning
तहाँ
tahaan
hiadverb
Meaning
There, at that place, or right there (often correlative with 'where').
Detailed Meaning
An archaic and poetic adverb of place meaning 'there' or 'at that spot', historically used as a correlative pair with 'jahaan' (where). In this couplet, it emphasizes the instantaneous reaction of anger wherever the lover is sighted. It denotes the precise location where the confrontation flares up immediately.
Etymology
Sanskrit तत्र (tatra) via Prakrit तत्थ (tattha) into Old Hindi / Rekhta तहाँ (tahā̃).
Usage
Widely found in early Rekhta and classical ghazal poetry, 'tahaan' commonly completes the correlative spatial idiom introduced by 'jahaan'.
Examples
Where the rose blossomed, there arose the thorn.
Wherever we turned, right there sorrow met us.
Synonyms
वहाँउस जगहउधर
Related Words
जहाँइहाँकहाँ