Word Meaning
निकलना
nikalna
Meaning
To exit, depart, emerge, or be expelled.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetry, 'nikalna' primarily denotes emerging, departing, or being banished from a cherished place. In this famous couplet, it acts as a verbal noun referring to Adam's ejection from Paradise (Khuld), juxtaposed with the lover's even more humiliating expulsion from the beloved's street. It captures themes of exile, loss of grace, and tragic separation.
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit nikkalai, tracing to Sanskrit root niṣ-kas (to go out, depart).
Usage
In the ghazal tradition, 'nikalna' frequently signifies either the lover's forced expulsion from the beloved's quarter or the tragic departure of life and breath from the body.
Examples
to be expelled with indignity from the beloved's lane
the departure of the soul from a suffering body