Word Meaning
बख़्शे
bakhshe
Meaning
Bestows, grants, or confers; archaic present-tense form equivalent to 'bakhshtā hai'.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu grammar, 'bakhshe hai' functions as the habitual present tense meaning 'bestows' or 'grants'. In Ghalib's couplet, it describes how the manifestation of the blossom grants the observer the very appetite and delight to witness beauty. It represents an active bestowal of aesthetic grace or spiritual awakening.
Etymology
Derived from Persian 'bakhshīdan' (بخشیدن), meaning to give, grant, or bestow, adopted into Urdu grammar as the verb stem of 'bakhshnā'.
Usage
The combination of the root form with auxiliary 'hai' ('bakhshe hai' instead of 'bakhshtā hai') is a hallmark of pre-modern and classical Urdu poetic idiom.
Examples
Bakhshe hai har nafas ko ek nayī zindagī
Nazar ko ik nayā zauq-e-dīd bakhshe