दबिस्ताँ

Meaning

A school, academy, or place of instruction.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Persian and Urdu, 'dabistan' denotes a school, academy, or an intellectual tradition. In this couplet, it metaphorically signifies an institute of poetic learning, where the speaker's cries and laments serve as lessons that inspire the nightingales to sing ghazals.

Etymology

From Persian دبستان (dabistān), composed of dabīr/dapīr (scribe, writer) and -stān (place).

Usage

Commonly used in ghazals as an allegory for an academy of suffering, love, or literary tradition.

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