Word Meaning
नारा-ज़न
naara-zan
hiadjective
Meaning
One who cries out, wails, screams, or shouts in grief.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-Arabic compound denoting someone who raises a loud cry, clamour, or shriek. In classical ghazal tradition, it specifically refers to an anguished lover who groans or wails aloud in torment. In Mir's couplet, it describes the destitute poet-lover crying out in deep lamentation during the midnight hours.
Etymology
Arabic 'na'rah' (clamour, cry, roar) + Persian agentive suffix '-zan' (from 'zadan', to strike or produce a sound).
Usage
In the ghazal, it commonly evokes the desolate image of a suffering lover whose midnight cries disturbing the cosmic order.
Examples
A midnight wailer lost in desolate streets.
The clamourer whose lament tore through silence.
Synonyms
फ़रियादीनौहा-ख़्वाँनाला-कशचीख़ने वाला
Related Words
नारानीम-शबीनालाफ़रियाद