दरवाज़े

Meaning

Door, doorway, entrance, or threshold (oblique form).

Detailed Meaning

In this couplet, 'दरवाज़े' functions in the oblique case meaning 'at the doorway' or threshold. It underscores the lover's marginalization, stranded at the entrance while being denied admission to the beloved's assembly. In classical poetry, the door symbolizes the agonized boundary between exclusion and acceptance.

Etymology

Persian 'دروازه' (darvāzah), composed of 'dar' (door) + root meaning gate/passage.

Usage

In the ghazal tradition, the beloved's door ('dar' or 'darvāza') serves as a sacred threshold of longing where rejected lovers perpetually wait.

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