Word Meaning
ब-तकलीफ़-तक़ाज़ा
ba-taklīf-e-taqāzā
Meaning
With the trouble of pressing demand; under urgent, arduous insistence.
Detailed Meaning
A Persianized compound phrase describing an action or state carried out under the strain and burden of insistent demand. In the cited verse, Ghalib personifies the frothing wine cup, depicting the foam at its rim as an urgent, panting demand to be imbibed without requiring any needless effort from the drinker.
Etymology
Persian preposition 'ba' (with/by) combined with Arabic loanwords 'taklīf' (trouble/exertion) and 'taqāḍā' (demand/claim), joined by izafat.
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it is used metaphorically to denote the restless pain and exertion inherent in an unyielding demand or desire.
Examples
An earnest plea made with arduous insistence.
He stood before the beloved under the distress of demand.
