Word Meaning
दीवानगी-हा
deewangi-haa
Meaning
Various states or acts of madness, frenzies of love, or lunacy.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian plural formed by suffixing '-haa' to 'deewangi', referring to multifaceted episodes, forms, or outbursts of romantic and passionate madness. In this couplet, it represents the myriad impulses of ecstatic delirium that are restrained by societal reproof and the preacher's mockery.
Etymology
Persian: 'deewanah' (crazy/possessed by demons) + '-gi' (nominal suffix) + '-haa' (Persian plural suffix).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazals, Persian pluralization with '-haa' intensifies an abstract noun, emphasizing an endless variety or recurring surges of the emotional state.
Examples
The varied frenzies of passion consumed his heart.
No cure was found for the countless bouts of his madness.