Word Meaning
मुर्ग़ान
murghān
hinoun
Meaning
Birds; winged creatures (plural of murgh).
Detailed Meaning
In classical Persian and Urdu poetry, 'murghān' is the plural form of 'murgh', signifying birds or songbirds. In this couplet, it appears in the izafat construct 'murghān-e-giraftār-e-chaman' (the captive birds of the garden), contrasting trapped creatures with the unrestrained morning breeze. It metaphorically represents captive lovers or imprisoned souls deprived of nature's grace.
Etymology
Persian (مرغان), plural of 'murgh' (bird) formed with the animate plural suffix '-ān'.
Usage
Commonly used in classical ghazals in motifs dealing with the garden, the hunter (sayyād), and captivity in a cage (qafas).
Examples
murghān-e-chaman (birds of the garden)
nāla-e-murghān-e-qafas (the lament of caged birds)
Synonyms
परिंदेपंछीतयूर
Related Words
मुर्ग़क़फ़ससय्यादचमन