Word Meaning
नाज़-बरदार
naaz-bardaar
Meaning
One who indulges whims; an adorer who bears coquetry and caprices patiently.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu and Persian poetry, 'naaz-bardar' designates a devoted lover or attendant who willingly humors and endures the beloved's coquettish pride and caprice. In this couplet, it describes the life or soul clinging to the lips, obligingly waiting on the beloved's whim upon receiving news of the letter. It emphasizes unconditional subservience and intense longing in the face of delicate, haughty grace.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'nāz' (amorous coquetry, elegance, whim) and 'bardār' (stem of 'bardāshtan', meaning to carry, endure, or bear).
Usage
A frequent trope in the ghazal representing the abject surrender of the عاشق (lover) to the whimsical tyranny of the معشوق (beloved).
Examples
The devoted heart remained a quiet bearer of her whims.
None could endure being the bearer of that beauty's pride.