दल्लाल

Meaning

A broker, intermediary, or agent facilitating commercial exchange.

Detailed Meaning

Literally refers to an agent, broker, or auctioneer who mediates transactions in a marketplace. In classical poetry, it is employed metaphorically; here, the lover's eye serves as a broker advertising the merchandise of infamy and disgrace. It illustrates how the gaze invites humiliation which the heart eagerly purchases.

Etymology

Arabic, from the root d-l-l (د ل ل) meaning to guide, show, or indicate.

Usage

In ghazal poetry, it is typically invoked as a metaphor from the commercial world to contrast market logic with the self-effacing madness of love.

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