Word Meaning
बेहोश
behosh
hiadjective
Meaning
Unconscious, senseless, swooned, or entranced by overwhelming beauty.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'behosh' refers to losing physical consciousness or cognitive senses due to sorrow, intoxication, or the stunning radiance of the beloved. In Mir's couplet, it describes the lover swooning and falling senseless upon catching merely a dazzling glimpse of the beloved's face.
Etymology
Persian: compound of prefix 'be-' (بے, without) and 'hosh' (ہوش, consciousness, sense).
Usage
Frequently employed in the ghazal to convey the transcendent shock and ecstatic surrender of the lover when encountering the beloved's visual splendor.
Examples
He fell unconscious upon witnessing the radiant face.
Not wine, but the overwhelming grief left him senseless.
Synonyms
अचेतमूर्छितग़शबेख़बर
Related Words
होशबेहोशीमदहोशबेख़ुद