Word Meaning
दिल-आज़ारी
dil-āzārī
hinoun
Meaning
Causing emotional hurt, heartbreak, grief, or distress to someone.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetics, 'dil-āzārī' refers to the act of tormenting, injuring, or wounding the lover's heart. In this couplet, it denotes the beloved's habitual cruelty or casual infliction of pain, which occurred without any genuine fault or provocation on the speaker's part.
Etymology
Persian compound formed from 'dil' (heart) and 'āzārī' (tormenting, infliction of injury, derived from āzardan, to hurt).
Usage
A frequent trope in the ghazal tradition used to lament the beloved's natural indifference, cruelty, and emotional tyranny.
Examples
She found pleasure only in breaking and tormenting hearts.
Reproach not the lover for weeping at such blatant cruelty.
Synonyms
दिल-शिकनीरंज-रसानीईज़ा-रसानी
Related Words
दिल-आज़ारआज़ारदिल-शिकनी