Word Meaning
दर-ब-दर
dar-ba-dar
hiadverb
Meaning
From door to door; wandering aimlessly; homeless or displaced.
Detailed Meaning
Literally signifying 'from door to door', this compound denotes a state of endless wandering, homelessness, or restless search. In the given couplet, it evokes the wandering motion of the morning breeze (saba), framing the lover's own displacement and desolation as even more severe than the wind's roaming nature.
Etymology
Persian: dar (door) + ba (to, at) + dar (door).
Usage
A common motif in classical ghazal signifying the lover's outcast status, grief, and perpetual longing.
Examples
Wandering dar-ba-dar in search of the beloved.
Left without a home, drifting dar-ba-dar.
Synonyms
सरगरदाँआवाराख़ाना-ब-दोशदर-दर
Related Words
दरकू-ब-कूजुस्तुजू