Word Meaning
दस्तारों
dastaaron
Meaning
Turbans; plural oblique form representing wearers of turbans or their disheveled headgear.
Detailed Meaning
In Persian and Urdu, 'dastar' refers to a turban, a symbol of honor, scholarly standing, or piety. In the oblique plural form here, combined with 'aashufta' (disheveled), 'aashufta-dastaron' refers to lovers, drunkards, or bohemians whose disordered turbans signal their ecstatic abandon and disregard for worldly decorum. The poet teases the pious Sheikh whose askew turban implies he too was carousing among the unruly.
Etymology
Persian 'dastār' (دستار), derived from 'dast' (hand), historically referring to cloth wrapped by hand around the head.
Usage
In classical ghazal, the turban symbolizes dignity and orthodox piety, so a disarranged turban ('aashufta-dastar') denotes intoxication, passion, or exposure of religious hypocrisy.
Examples
aashufta-dastaaron ki basti (a settlement of disheveled turban-wearers)
sar pe dastaaron ki shaan (the splendor of turbans on the head)