पुर-आब

Meaning

Full of tears or water; tearful, weeping, or moist.

Detailed Meaning

Literally meaning 'filled with water', in classical Persian and Urdu verse it most often qualifies the eye ('chashm-e-pur-āb') to indicate weeping or sorrow. In this couplet, the poet observes morning dew upon a blooming rose, realizing that what initially looked like a laughing face ('roo-e-khandān') was actually a tear-filled eye weeping in melancholy. It may also describe a pearl or gem of brilliant water and lustre.

Etymology

Persian: 'pur' (full) + 'āb' (water, tears, lustre).

Usage

Conventionally paired as an izafat construction ('chashm-e-pur-āb') to evoke an image of intense grief or weeping in the ghazal.

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