Word Meaning
वहशत-अफ़्ज़ा
wahshat-afza
hiadjective
Meaning
Increasing frenzy, bewilderment, dread, or desolation.
Detailed Meaning
A compound adjective combining 'wahshat' (wild frenzy, terror, or desolation) and 'afza' (augmenting). In poetry, it characterizes any phenomenon, sight, or mood that heightens solitude, madness, or melancholic despair. In this couplet, it describes the frantic lamentations and weeps that multiply wild frenzy upon the arrival of spring.
Etymology
Arabic 'wahshat' (loneliness, terror, wildness) + Persian 'afza' (stem of afzudan, to augment/increase).
Usage
Frequently employed in the ghazal tradition to depict how beauty, spring, or absolute solitude accentuates the lover's frenzy.
Examples
The frenzy-inducing silence of the ruins
Desolation-increasing gusts of the spring wind
Synonyms
वहशत-अंगेज़वहशत-नाकदहशत-अफ़्ज़ा
Related Words
वहशतगिर्याजुनूँदीवानगी