Word Meaning
फ़ुज़ूली
fuzūlī
hinoun
Meaning
Superfluity, redundancy, absurdity, or pointless folly.
Detailed Meaning
'फ़ुज़ूली' refers to superfluity, absurdity, or indulging in useless and redundant matters. In this couplet, it expresses the sheer pointlessness and absurdity of allotting various daggers and blades to the lover when he is already slain by the supreme sword of the beloved. The poet dismisses any additional instruments of death as unnecessary and vain excess.
Etymology
Arabic 'fuzūl' (surplus, excess, idle talk) + Persian suffix '-ī' forming an abstract noun.
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, it is often invoked to mock unnecessary pretense or to highlight the absurdity of adding sorrow to an already devastated lover.
Examples
a waste of breath and fuzooli
pure fuzooli in love
Synonyms
व्यर्थताबेहूदापनलायानी
Related Words
फ़ुज़ूलफ़िज़ूल-ख़र्चीफ़ज़्ल