Word Meaning
माज़ूर
ma'zoor
hiadjective
Meaning
Helpless, excused, disabled, or compelled by an overwhelming circumstance.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu poetry, 'ma'zoor' refers to someone who is incapacitated, excused, or utterly helpless due to an overriding state. In this couplet, it describes the lover being thoroughly overpowered and compelled by 'junun' (madness of love), leaving him exempt from conventional rationality.
Etymology
Arabic 'ma'dhūr' (معذور), passive participle from the triconsonantal root ʿ-dh-r (ع-ذ-ر), meaning to excuse or pardon.
Usage
Often employed in the ghazal to justify the lover's frantic or unconventional actions as an inescapable consequence of romantic madness.
Examples
helpless before love's madness
excused due to incapacity
Synonyms
लाचारबेबसमजबूर
Related Words
उज़्रमाज़ूरीजुनूँ