Word Meaning
दीवार-जू
deewaar-juu
Meaning
Seeking a wall to lean on or strike one's head against.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian compound formed from 'deewaar' (wall) and 'juu' (seeker, from 'justan'). In Ghalib's verse, it characterizes the sleepless, frenzied lover whose troubled head searches for a hard wall either to rest against or to strike in despair. It stands in tragic contrast to the beloved, who rests luxuriously upon a brocade pillow.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'dīvār' (wall) and 'jū' (present stem of 'justan', to search or seek).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, it metaphorically depicts the violent unrest of madness (junūn) or unbearable insomnia, where only a stone wall offers a resting place or an instrument of self-harm.
Examples
a restless head wandering and seeking a wall
wandering sleepless and seeking a wall all night