Word Meaning
लज़्ज़त-याब
lazzat-yāb
hiadjective
Meaning
Experiencing pleasure; deriving delight; relishing or savoring.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-Arabic compound adjective signifying someone or something that experiences or derives delight. In the couplet, it describes the lover's heart that once extracted sweet agony and pleasure from tearing open its own wounds with fingernails. It emphasizes the classical ghazal theme of ecstatic suffering in love.
Etymology
Arabic 'lazzat' (taste, pleasure, delight) + Persian 'yāb' (stem of yāftan, to find or attain).
Usage
In classical ghazal poetry, it often evokes the paradoxical aesthetic where the lover relishes wounds, sighs, and emotional distress.
Examples
A heart that remained delight-receiving even in separation
Eyes deriving pleasure from the radiant vision
Synonyms
महज़ूज़आनंदितलज़्ज़त-अंदोज़मसरूर
Related Words
लज़्ज़तलज़्ज़त-अंदोज़फ़ैज़-याबकामयाब