Word Meaning
मुदारात
mudārāt
Meaning
Hospitality, courteous treatment, polite attention, or gracious indulgence.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetics, 'mudārāt' refers to showing civility, hospitality, and gracious indulgence. In Mir's verse, it signifies the polite accommodation and cordial treatment granted to rivals and acquaintances, sharply contrasting with the cold indifference reserved only for the poet.
Etymology
Arabic verbal noun 'mudārāh' (مُدَارَاة), from the root d-r-y (د-ر-ي), denoting conciliation, gentle dealing, or courteous accommodation.
Usage
Commonly employed in classical ghazals to highlight the beloved's hypocritical or unfair cordiality toward rivals while spurning the devoted lover.
Examples
A life spent offering endless hospitality to indifferent strangers.
The beloved showed immense civility to rivals while ignoring the lover.