Word Meaning
बरगशता-बख़्त
bargashta-bakht
hiadjective
Meaning
Ill-fated, unfortunate, one whose fortune has turned away or declined.
Detailed Meaning
Composed from Persian roots, it literally denotes someone whose luck or destiny has turned its back. In the couplet, it serves as an exclamation lamenting perverse bad luck, wherein even the messenger sent toward the beloved erroneously heads back to the lover's own homeland. It encapsulates an ironic, tragic misalignment caused by an adversarial fate.
Etymology
Persian compound of 'bargashta' (turned away, reversed) and 'bakht' (fortune, fate).
Usage
Frequently used in classical ghazals to personify the poet's doomed fate and relentless irony of destiny.
Examples
Behold the plight of this ill-fated soul.
An unfortunate lover betrayed even by the messenger.
Synonyms
बद-बख़्तसियह-बख़्तकम-बख़्तबदनसीब
Related Words
बख़्तबरगशताबख़्त-ए-ख़ुफ़्तातले'-ए-बरगशता