Word Meaning
पहना
pahnā
hinoun
Meaning
Width, breadth, expanse, or vastness.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Persian and Urdu poetry, 'pahna' denotes breadth, spatial expanse, or spaciousness. In this couplet, it occurs as an izafat construction ('pahna-e-chaman'), signifying the vast expanse of the garden from which straw and twigs are not gathered.
Etymology
Persian پهنا (pahnā), from پهن (pahn, 'broad, wide').
Usage
It is frequently used in poetic izafat compounds like 'pahna-e-dast' or 'pahna-e-hasti' to convey grand, unbounded space.
Examples
lost in the vast expanse of the desert
the immense reach of the sky
Synonyms
वुसअतफैलावकुशादगी
Related Words
पहनपहनाईकुशादा