वालों

Meaning

Those who; persons associated with or performing a specific action or state.

Detailed Meaning

In Hindustani grammar, 'walon' is the oblique plural form of the agentive suffix 'wala', identifying individuals defined by a particular action, condition, or allegiance. In this couplet, it combines with 'karne' ('karne walon') to denote lovers or those actively engaged in loving. It frames lovers as a collective class bound by shared illusions and trials.

Etymology

Sanskrit (पालक / -वाल) through Middle Indo-Aryan, evolving into the Hindi-Urdu agentive suffix 'वाला'.

Usage

Commonly used in classical ghazal to denote collective archetypes such as lovers (dil-walon) or spectators (dekhne-walon).

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