Word Meaning
बे-हिसाब
be-hisāb
hiadjective
Meaning
Countless, boundless, immeasurable, or reckless.
Detailed Meaning
Denotes something beyond measure, infinite in quantity, or done recklessly without calculation. In the couplet, it forms a deliberate wordplay contrasting with 'abjad-khwān' (one who studies or counts letters by Abjad numerology), highlighting an excessive, unaccountable, or contradictory argument.
Etymology
Compound of Persian prefix 'be-' (بے, without) and Arabic 'hisāb' (حساب, reckoning or calculation).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, it often conveys either the limitless nature of the beloved's grace and tyranny or the lover's boundless tears and reckless passion.
Examples
He endured immeasurable grief in love.
Bounties bestowed without any reckoning.
Synonyms
बेशुमारलातादादअगणितअनगिनत
Related Words
हिसाबकिताबशुमारअबजद