मामूरी

Meaning

Abundance, flourishing condition, prosperity, or the state of being populated and fully developed.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Urdu poetry, 'ma'mūrī' denotes a flourishing state, fullness, or cultivation, often contrasted with ruin or desolation. In Iqbal's couplet, it describes the hyper-development and flourishing of sheer rationality ('khirad') in Western thought, juxtaposed against spiritual emptiness ('dil kī kharābī'). It highlights how the intellect becomes abundantly enriched while the soul remains neglected.

Etymology

Arabic, derived from the root 'ع-م-ر' ('a-m-r) relating to inhabiting, building, or flourishing, entering Urdu through Persian with the abstract noun suffix '-ī'.

Usage

In ghazal poetry, 'ma'mūrī' is conventionally contrasted with 'kharābī' or 'vīrānī' to symbolize the tension between external prosperity and internal desolation.

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