ना-उम्मीदी

Meaning

Despair, hopelessness, or the profound state of having lost all expectations.

Detailed Meaning

It denotes utter hopelessness, melancholy, and despair, commonly personified in Urdu poetry. In this couplet, it represents an overwhelming state of despondency so severe that it even causes the lover's grasp on the beloved's memory to slip away.

Etymology

Persian: composed of the negative prefix 'nā-' + Persian 'umīd' (hope) + abstract noun suffix '-ī'.

Usage

In the ghazal tradition, 'na-ummeedi' is frequently personified as an unyielding force that tests the endurance of the heartbroken lover.

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