Word Meaning
यज़्दाँ
Yazdāñ
Meaning
God, the Almighty, the Supreme Being, or the Divine Creator.
Detailed Meaning
Originating from Persian and Zoroastrian terminology for divine beings, Yazdan is widely used in Persian and Urdu poetry as a name for God or the Divine. In Ghalib's verse, it signifies God Almighty, whose robe of majesty the poet's mad passion audaciously threatens to tear on the Day of Judgment.
Etymology
Persian, from Middle Persian (Pahlavi) yazdān, originally the plural of yazad (divinity, worthy of worship), from Avestan yazata.
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, it serves as an elevated, classical Persian designation for God, frequently employed in philosophical or insolently impassioned complaints against destiny.
Examples
dāman-e-yazdāñ (the mantle of God)
lutf-e-yazdāñ (the grace of the Almighty)