Word Meaning
शौक़-कुश्ता
shauq-kushta
hiadjective
Meaning
Slain or consumed by passionate longing and intense desire.
Detailed Meaning
Compound of Arabic 'shauq' (passion, longing) and Persian 'kushta' (slain), referring to someone overcome and destroyed by the agony of desire. In the couplet, it describes the entire cosmos ('aalam') as being slain by their intense yearning for the beloved. It elevates mortal ruin into a state of sublime surrender.
Etymology
Arabic 'shawq' (eagerness, longing) + Persian 'kushta' (killed, sacrificed, past participle of kushtan).
Usage
In classical Urdu ghazal, compounds ending in 'kushta' symbolize the ultimate nobility of dying from unfulfilled love.
Examples
Every gazer at your threshold is shauq-kushta.
A gathering of the wounded and the shauq-kushta.
Synonyms
कुश्ता-ए-शौक़शहीद-ए-इश्क़फ़िदा
Related Words
शौक़कुश्ताबिस्मिलआरज़ू