Word Meaning
बग़ैर-अज़
baghair-az
hipreposition
Meaning
Without, except for, besides, other than.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-Urdu compound preposition meaning 'without' or 'apart from'. In this couplet, it emphasizes total deprivation, showing that the speaker's youth reached its twilight completely devoid of the radiant dawn of the beloved's countenance. It sharpens the poet's sense of unfulfilled longing.
Etymology
Compound of Arabic 'بغير' (bi-ghayr, without/except) and Persian 'از' (az, from/than).
Usage
Frequently used in classical Urdu poetry to underline exclusion, absolute absence, or the singularity of sorrow.
Examples
Without the glimpse of the beloved
Apart from grief and longing
Synonyms
सिवाएबिनाजु़ज़
Related Words
बग़ैरअज़सिवा