ब-बज़्म

Meaning

In the assembly; at the gathering or banquet.

Detailed Meaning

A Persian prepositional compound combining the prefix 'ba-' (in, at) with 'bazm' (gathering, feast). In this couplet, it specifies the communal setting of wine-drinkers where customary pretenses and uncalled-for formalities are redundant. Classical Urdu poets employ it to frame the vibrant yet rule-bound space of the poetic or convivial assembly.

Etymology

Persian: preposition 'ba' (به, in/at) + noun 'bazm' (بزم, banquet/assembly).

Usage

In classical ghazal, it introduces the public or semi-private assembly of revelry and romance, often contrasted with 'khalwat' (solitude).

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