Word Meaning
फ़ाक़ों
fāqoñ
hinoun
Meaning
Fasts, starvation, or periods of abstaining from food.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetry, 'fāqa' denotes prolonged fasting, starvation, or voluntary ascetic austerity. In this couplet by Iqbal, it refers to the spiritual fasts and non-violent austerities of an ascetic or sage, which alone proved insufficient to shatter entrenched authority without active spiritual power.
Etymology
Arabic فاقة (fāqah), meaning destitution, extreme poverty, or lack of sustenance.
Usage
Frequently used in classical poetry to depict extreme destitution or the self-abnegation of a wandering ascetic.
Examples
Enduring fast upon fast in hardship
The mystic patient through days of starvation
Synonyms
उपवासोंव्रतोंभूखों
Related Words
फ़ाक़ाफ़ाक़ा-कशीफ़ाक़ा-मस्त