Word Meaning
बरचीदन
barchīdan
Meaning
To gather up, fold, withdraw, or tuck in.
Detailed Meaning
In Persian and classical Urdu poetry, 'barchīdan' denotes the act of gathering, folding up, or plucking. In this couplet, it appears in the Persian izafat construction 'barchīdan-e-dāmān' (gathering the skirt), expressing the poet's wish to withdraw, detach himself cleanly, and escape the painful entanglements of desire.
Etymology
Persian infinitive 'barchīdan' (برچیدن), composed of the prefix 'bar-' (up, on) and the verbal stem 'chīdan' (to pick, gather).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, it is most often coupled with 'dāmān' to symbolize renunciation, modesty, or dignified ascetic withdrawal from worldly contamination.
Examples
To gather one's skirt from the dust of the world
To withdraw oneself from the assembly of longing