Word Meaning

मुबद्दल

mubaddal

hiadjective

Meaning

Changed, altered, transformed, or converted into something else.

Detailed Meaning

In classical poetry, 'mubaddal' signifies a state of change or conversion from one form to another. In this couplet, it describes tears of sorrow converting into cold sighs because the lover has become exceedingly frail. The change is likened to water evaporating and transforming into air.

Etymology

Arabic, passive participle of the Form II verb 'baddala' (to change, alter), from the root b-d-l (ب-د-ل).

Usage

Commonly employed in classical ghazals to mark psychological or bodily transmutations brought on by extreme grief.

Examples

A state where tears were transformed into sighs.

Pain transformed into silence.

Synonyms

बदला हुआपरिवर्तितरूपांतरित

Related Words

तबदीलबदलतबादलाबदील
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