Word Meaning
दिल-अफ़सुर्दा
dil-afsurda
hiadjective
Meaning
Dejected, dispirited, melancholic, or having a sorrowfully extinguished heart.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian compound adjective describing one whose heart has grown melancholic, weary, or metaphorically extinguished. In Ghalib's verse, it reflects the lover's emotionally depleted state, contrasting the residual scar of vibrant desire with a frozen or dying spirit akin to an extinguished lamp.
Etymology
Persian compound of 'dil' (heart) and 'afsurda' (withered, chilled, or dejected, from the verb afsurdan).
Usage
Frequently invoked in classical Urdu ghazals to convey profound despair and the emotional exhaustion following unrequited love.
Examples
a dil-afsurda lover weeping in solitude
carrying the silence of a dil-afsurda soul
Synonyms
दिल-शिकस्ताग़मगीनअफ़सुर्दा-ख़ातिरदिलगीर
Related Words
अफ़सुर्दगीअफ़सुर्दादिलशिकस्ता-दिल