Word Meaning
बंदोबस्त
bandobast
hinoun
Meaning
Arrangement, order, management, preparation, or settlement.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Persian and Urdu, 'bandobast' signifies an orderly arrangement, administration, or formal system. In this couplet, it refers to the transformed order or unfamiliar regime reigning over the garden, where standard symbols have shifted meaning. It conveys a sense of a calculated, overarching decree governing the poetic space.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'band' (fastening/knot) + conjunction 'o' (and) + 'bast' (bound/tied).
Usage
In the ghazal, it often describes the strict, aloof, or altered governance of fate, the beloved's realm, or the garden.
Examples
The garden's new arrangement baffled the nightingale.
Every worldly arrangement proved frail before fate.
Synonyms
प्रबंधव्यवस्थाअहतिमामनज़्म
Related Words
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