फ़िशाँ

Meaning

Shedding, sprinkling, dispersing, or scattering (chiefly used as a compounding suffix).

Detailed Meaning

In Persian and Urdu poetics, this word functions as an active participle suffix indicating the act of shedding, scattering, or dripping. In this couplet, it combines with 'ख़ूँ' (blood) to form 'ख़ूँ-फ़िशाँ' (blood-shedding or blood-dripping), describing the speaker's own tearful eyelashes wept in anguish. It conveys an intense visual of weeping tears of blood in rivalry or devotion to the beloved's merciless beauty.

Etymology

Persian, from the present stem of the verb 'afshāndan' (افشاندن), meaning to sprinkle, scatter, or shed.

Usage

In classical Urdu ghazal, it rarely appears alone and is almost always appended to nouns such as 'ख़ूँ' (blood), 'गोहर' (pearls), or 'आतिश' (fire) to form compound epithets.

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