Word Meaning
बे-ताक़ती
be-tāqatī
hinoun, feminine
Meaning
Weakness, powerlessness, or lack of endurance.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'be-tāqatī' denotes both physical frailty and emotional incapacity to bear intense suffering. In this couplet, it represents the lover's inability to endure the overwhelming burden of concealed love, which causes the secret to be inadvertently revealed.
Etymology
Persian prefix 'be-' (without) + Arabic 'ṭāqat' (strength, endurance) + Persian abstract noun suffix '-ī'.
Usage
Commonly used in ghazals to evoke the lover's physical debility or breakdown of emotional composure under the distress of separation.
Examples
the complaint of the heart's weakness
where is patience in this utter powerlessness
Synonyms
ना-तवानीकमज़ोरीलाचारीअसमर्थता
Related Words
ताक़तबे-ताक़तज़ोफ़बे-बसी