लगाया

Meaning

Applied, attached, or affixed; in this context, stitched or sewn into place.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Urdu poetry, the verb 'lagana' (here in past masculine form 'lagaya') commonly functions as a light verb indicating the application of an action, such as stitching or applying balm. In this couplet by Ghalib, it is paired with 'bakhiya' (stitching) to show how the moralizer's mocking laughter ironically closed up the torn seams of the lover's frenzy. It symbolizes a forced, restrictive repair imposed upon mad passion.

Etymology

From Prakrit 'laggai' (to stick, adhere), from Sanskrit root 'lag' (to attach, cling).

Usage

Often used in ghazals in idiomatic phrasal verbs, especially regarding the healing of wounds or stitching the torn clothes of a lover.

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