Word Meaning
फ़ाल
faal
hinoun (feminine)
Meaning
An omen, augury, divination, presage, or destined outcome.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Persian and Urdu poetics, 'faal' denotes an omen, augury, or fortune-telling, famously practiced by randomly opening the poetry of Hafiz. In Ghalib's couplet, it carries the nuanced sense of an ultimate augured outcome or destiny, portraying the flame as the foreshadowed end of an extinguished lamp.
Etymology
Arabic (فَأْل - fa'l), denoting a good omen, presage, or augury.
Usage
Commonly invoked in the ghazal tradition in motifs of fortune-seeking, augury, or determining the lover's fate.
Examples
taking an omen from the Diwan of Hafiz
an auspicious augury for the heart
Synonyms
शगुनपूर्वलक्षणसगुन
Related Words
फ़ाल-गोफ़ालनामाबद-फ़ाल