Word Meaning
बे-ऐनिहि
be-ainihi
Meaning
Exactly, identically, just like that, in the very same manner.
Detailed Meaning
An Arabic loan-phrase used adverbially in classical Urdu to mean 'precisely so' or 'in its very likeness'. In the couplet, the poet uses it to assert an exact and unsparing parallel between his predicament with his mischievous beloved and an innocent man entangling himself with a cunning rogue. It elevates the register of the comparison by declaring the likeness absolute.
Etymology
Arabic: compound of the preposition 'bi' (with/by), '‘ayn' (essence, eye, self), and the possessive pronoun suffix '-hi' (its/his), literally meaning 'in its very self or essence'.
Usage
Employed in classical Urdu ghazal and scholarly prose to establish a flawless, literal correspondence between two states or images.
Examples
His portrait was drawn identically as he appeared in life.
This situation unfolded exactly in the manner of an old tale.