Word Meaning
लौंडे
Launde
hinoun
Meaning
Boys, young lads, or youthful beloveds, often used informally.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetry and colloquial speech, 'launde' denotes young boys or lads, sometimes cast informally as youthful beloveds. In this couplet, it playfully refers to the mischievous youths of Delhi who took the speaker's heart and consumed it beyond recovery. It reflects the street-smart, colloquial idiom popular in certain schools of Delhi poetry.
Etymology
Derived from Prakrit/Hindustani, historically denoting a lad, youngster, or servant boy.
Usage
Rare in formal mystic ghazals, this word appears frequently in colloquial, satirical, or Rekhti poetry.
Examples
The lads of the alley began to tease the crazed lover.
Handsome young boys wandered through the busy bazaar.
Synonyms
लड़केछोकरेतिफ़्लजवान
Related Words
लौंडालौंडियाछोकराबालक