Word Meaning
मिजमरहा
mijmarhaa
Meaning
Censers or incense burners (plural form).
Detailed Meaning
In classical poetry, 'mijmar-ha' is the Persian plural form of 'mijmar', meaning censers or vessels in which incense and embers burn. In this verse, Ghalib compares the wounded heart's smoldering sorrow to smoke curling up from multiple censers. It evokes the vivid visual and olfactory imagery of embers producing plumes of heavy smoke.
Etymology
From Arabic 'mijmar' (censer, from the triconsonantal root j-m-r denoting embers) combined with the Persian plural suffix '-hā'.
Usage
Frequently employed in classical ghazals to evoke the smoldering fire of passion and the curls of sorrowful smoke.
Examples
Rising smoke from scattered censers filled the assembly.
My yearning burned secretly like embers within censers.