Word Meaning
दो-दम
do-dam
hiadjective
Meaning
Double-edged; possessing two cutting edges (usually describing a sword).
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning double-edged, the term is famously used as an epithet for a sword ('tegh-e-do-dam'). In this couplet, it describes the cry of the morning bird as cutting like a double-edged blade, wounding the lover doubly through both mutual jealousy and sympathetic grief. It conveys inescapable, multi-directional sorrow.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'do' (two) and 'dam' (the edge or sharp cutting face of a blade).
Usage
In classical ghazal poetry, 'do-dam' is almost universally combined with bladed weapons like 'tegh' to symbolize a source of twofold destruction or insurmountable grief.
Examples
tegh-e-do-dam
do-dam khanjar
Synonyms
दोधारीदो-रूयातेज़-धार
Related Words
तेग़शमशीरज़ख़्मनाला