Word Meaning
बीमारियाँ
bīmāriyāñ
Meaning
Illnesses, ailments, afflictions, or diseases.
Detailed Meaning
This is the plural form of sickness or disease. In classical Urdu poetry, it frequently denotes the psychological, emotional, and spiritual afflictions of obsessive love (ishq), comparable to the madness associated with Majnun. In this couplet, it refers to the profound grief, hopelessness, and incurable heartache borne by the distraught lover.
Etymology
Derived from Persian 'bīmār' (ill/sick) combined with the Persian noun suffix '-ī' and the Hindustani feminine plural ending '-āñ'.
Usage
In ghazal poetry, physical ailments are standard metaphors for the madness, heartache, and spiritual consumption caused by passionate love.
Examples
The incurable illnesses of the heart.
Such illnesses are born of intense longing.