Word Meaning
बहम-आवर्दा
baham-aawarda
hiAdjective
Meaning
Brought together, gathered, or joined into contact.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Persian and Urdu poetry, this compound adjective describes elements that have been brought together, joined, or closed. In Ghalib's couplet, it qualifies eyelashes that are drawn together in blinking or sleeping, poetically envisioned as a tender kiss upon the countenance of vision.
Etymology
Persian: 'baham' (together, mutually) + 'āwurdah' (brought, past participle of āwurdan, to bring).
Usage
A highly Persianized poetic compound, frequently used to evoke intimate unions such as clasped hands, meeting lips, or closing eyelids.
Examples
The grace of eyelids brought together in slumber.
Hands brought together in earnest devotion.
Synonyms
पैवस्तायकजामुत्तहिद
Related Words
बहमआवर्दामिज़्गाँ