Word Meaning
बाद-अज़-विदा
ba'd-az-vidaa
hiprepositional phrase
Meaning
After farewell; subsequent to parting.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-Arabic prepositional compound meaning 'after the farewell' or 'following the beloved's parting'. In the cited couplet, it establishes the desolate temporal state immediately following the beloved's departure, where the lover is left bleeding and writhing like footprints in the dust. It encapsulates the acute grief and trauma that begins the moment separation strikes.
Etymology
Arabic 'ba'd' (after) + Persian 'az' (from) + Arabic 'wadaa'' (farewell, parting).
Usage
Commonly used in classical ghazals as an elegant Persianate construction to mark the tragic threshold where union ends and agonizing separation begins.
Examples
in the desolate silence after farewell
the heart bled after the farewell
Synonyms
बाद-ए-रुख़सतपस-अज़-फ़िराक़जुदाई के बाद
Related Words
विदारुख़सतफ़िराक़हिज्र