Word Meaning
ब-सर-चश्म
ba-sar-chashm
hiprepositional phrase
Meaning
At or through the fountainhead; from the source.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian prepositional phrase formed by 'ba' (at/by) and 'sar-chashm' (fountainhead or spring). In Ghalib's verse, it signifies being revealed or sustained at an entirely different fountainhead, contrasting the lustrous steel of a sword with the poet's growth fed on lethal poison.
Etymology
Persian: 'ba' (preposition meaning by/at) + 'sar' (head) + 'chashm' (eye, source of water).
Usage
Used in high Persianate Urdu poetry to evoke origins, waters of life, or the fountainhead from which qualities flow.
Examples
Known at the fountainhead of another stream.
Nourished from a different source.
Synonyms
मम्बाउद्गमस्रोत
Related Words
सर-चश्माचश्मज़हराबजौहर