मुफ़्लिसाँ

Meaning

Poor or impoverished people; bankrupts; destitute individuals.

Detailed Meaning

Formed with the Persian animate plural suffix '-an' attached to the Arabic loanword 'muflis', it signifies bankrupt or destitute individuals. In Ghalib's verse, it characterizes the impoverished who console themselves by taking pride in wealth that is long gone. The speaker analogously compares cherishing his old inner wounds to this bittersweet, vain pride of the penniless.

Etymology

Arabic 'muflis' (bankrupt, indigent; from 'fals', a small copper coin) combined with the Persian plural suffix '-ān'.

Usage

In classical Urdu poetry, it highlights the severe material destitution of the lover or ascetic in contrast to worldly splendor.

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