मम्बा

Meaning

A source, spring, fountainhead, or point of origin.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Arabic and Urdu, 'manbaʿ' denotes a natural spring of water and figuratively the fountainhead or origin of any phenomenon. In the cited couplet, 'mamba-e-tūfān' portrays each falling teardrop as the catastrophic source of a deluge. It accentuates the hyperbolic magnitude of the lover's weeping and despair.

Etymology

Arabic noun of place from the root ن-ب-ع (n-b-ʿ), meaning to gush or spring forth.

Usage

In Urdu ghazal, it is typically employed in izafat compounds to portray tears or heartbreaks as the fountainhead of an overwhelming flood.

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