शिकस्तगी

Meaning

Brokenness, rupture, or ruined condition; a state of defeat or dejection.

Detailed Meaning

The term refers to the state of being broken, fractured, or spiritually and emotionally defeated. In this couplet, it describes the internal destruction of the heart, poetically likened to a magnificent edifice demolished by sorrows. It carries both the literal sense of architectural collapse and the metaphorical pain of heartbreak.

Etymology

Persian (شکستگی), abstract noun derived from 'shikasta' (broken, past participle of shikastan, to break) with the abstract suffix '-gī'.

Usage

In classical Urdu ghazal, it is frequently linked to the heart ('shikastagī-e-dil') to portray complete, irreversible devastation wrought by love or grief.

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