Word Meaning
बे-हौसलगी
be-hauslagi
hinoun
Meaning
Lack of courage, spiritlessness, or faintheartedness.
Detailed Meaning
Refers to a lack of fortitude, magnanimity, or spirit. In this couplet, it marks a paradoxical flaw in the beloved, whose timidness and lack of daring dampen the impassioned madness of the lover, turning it into an unexpected ordeal.
Etymology
Persian prefix 'be-' (without) + Arabic 'hausala' (capacity/courage) + Persian abstract noun suffix '-gi'.
Usage
Used in the ghazal to express disappointment at a lover's reluctance to suffer or a beloved's lack of daring.
Examples
To be a beloved, yet spiritless, is a strange calamity.
His timidness prevented him from enduring the trials of love.
Synonyms
कम-हिम्मतीपस्त-हिम्मतीबुज़दिली
Related Words
हौसलाबे-हौसलामाशूक़ी