बर-ख़ुरदार

Meaning

Prosperous, fortunate; one who enjoys fruit; son or beneficiary.

Detailed Meaning

Literally meaning one who enjoys the fruit or benefit of something, the term is commonly used as an affectionate title for a son or favored youth. In this couplet, it is employed with vivid irony to depict the helpless, grief-stricken heart as a pampered child whose only inheritance and permanent station is the sickbed.

Etymology

Persian: bar (fruit, profit) + khwurdan (to eat, consume, enjoy) + -dar (possessor).

Usage

While colloquially used as a fond address for a son or younger person, classical poets often exploit its literal sense of enjoying benefits to create bitter irony about suffering.

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