बद-अहदियों

Meaning

Breaches of promise, faithlessness, or unkept vows (plural oblique).

Detailed Meaning

In Urdu poetics, the term denotes acts of breaking pledges, unfaithfulness, or deceitful disregard for promises. In this couplet, it describes the beloved's habitual evasion and continuous unfulfilled vows that stretch across a lifetime until the very arrival of death. It sharpens the classical contrast between the beloved's repeated disloyalty and the lover's unwavering devotion.

Etymology

Compound of Persian 'bad' (bad, evil) and Arabic 'ʻahd' (covenant, vow, treaty), combined with the Urdu abstract noun suffix '-ī' and plural oblique suffix '-oñ'.

Usage

Commonly used in classical ghazal to lament the beloved's chronic habit of breaking romantic oaths and commitments.

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