रंजूरी

Meaning

Illness, ailment, affliction, or the state of being sick and sorrowful.

Detailed Meaning

'रंजूरी' (ranjoori) refers to affliction, sickness, or physical suffering. In this couplet, the poet celebrates his illness as fortunate because it provides a pretext for the beloved to visit for inquiry ('ayadat). The affliction is thus elevated to an auspicious state that brings intimacy with the beloved.

Etymology

Persian (ranjūr + abstract noun suffix -ī; derived from 'ranj' meaning pain, sorrow, or grief).

Usage

In classical ghazal, a lover's ailment (ranjoori) is frequently welcomed and romanticized because it prompts the indifferent beloved to visit.

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