Word Meaning
मयानान
miyanan
Meaning
Waists; slender waists or stalks of the beloveds or garden plants.
Detailed Meaning
The Persian plural of 'miyan' (waist, middle), used poetically to refer to the waists of delicate beauties or metaphorical slender stems in a garden. In this verse by Mir Taqi Mir, 'mayanan-e-gulshan' refers to the slender, delicate waists of the beauties of the garden (or floral stems), none of which rival the beloved's waist in delicacy. The poet compares the extreme thinness of the waist to a single hair ('moo').
Etymology
Persian 'miyān' (middle, waist) combined with the Persian plural suffix '-ān'.
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, the Persian plural form appears in izafat constructions to emphasize the exaggerated delicacy of the beloved's slender waist in comparison with nature.
Examples
delicate waists of the rose garden
the slender waists among the flowers