Word Meaning
रंग-परीदा
rang-parīda
Meaning
Pale, faded, blanched, or having lost its color or bloom.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning 'one whose color has flown', this compound describes someone or something blanched, pale, or despondent. In classical Urdu poetry, the draining of facial color due to grief, terror, or longing is frequently personified as a bird in flight. In this couplet, the faded hue itself is imagined as a weary bird ('tā'ir-e-rang-parīda') that once found a nest.
Etymology
Persian compound formed from 'rang' (color, complexion) and 'parīdah' (flown, past participle of parīdan, to fly).
Usage
A frequent trope in classical ghazal to dramatize the lover's pallor and emotional exhaustion through avian metaphors of flight.
Examples
His blanched face revealed the secret grief within.
The bird of faded color found no bough on which to alight.