Word Meaning
बर्शिकाल
barshikaal
Meaning
Rainy season, monsoon; a torrential downpour.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'barshikaal' refers to the monsoon season or a heavy downpour of rain. In this couplet, it represents the overwhelming deluge of the weeping lover ('girya-e-aashiq'), so copious that it causes the garden wall to crack open in multiple places like blooming petals. The term elevates the intensity of suffering to the scale of natural seasonal floods.
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit 'varṣākāla' (वर्षाकाल), assimilated into Urdu with a Persianized phonology as 'barshikāl'.
Usage
Employed in classical ghazals to hyperbolically describe the relentless and flooding tears of a grieving lover.
Examples
The barshikaal of weeping washed away the foundations of patience.
A barshikaal arrived in the eyes, flooding the desert of separation.