Word Meaning
दाग़दार
daaghdaar
hiadjective
Meaning
Scarred, burnt, or marked with wounds and blemishes of sorrow.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetics, 'daaghdaar' denotes being scarred, scorched, or stained by intense passion and suffering. In this couplet, it describes the blood of grief that could not escape through the eyes as tears and instead remained behind in the smoldering chest as an enduring burn scar.
Etymology
Persian: dāgh (brand, scar, burn mark) + -dār (bearing, possessing).
Usage
Commonly employed in the ghazal to portray the heart or breast carrying the indelible, smoldering burn marks of love.
Examples
a scarred chest burning with hidden grief
the hem stained with the marks of sorrow
Synonyms
दाग़ीमजरूहघायल
Related Words
दाग़सोज़ज़ख़्मसीना-ए-सोज़ाँ