Word Meaning
शिफ़ा
shifa
hinoun
Meaning
Cure, healing, recovery from illness, or restoration to health.
Detailed Meaning
The term refers to healing, cure, or recovery from an ailment or disease. In Ghalib's couplet, it commemorates the physical recovery and return to good health of the Mughal emperor. In the wider ghazal universe, it is often employed both literally for physical ailments and metaphorically for the affliction of love.
Etymology
Arabic (شفاء, shifāʾ), from the root sh-f-y, meaning to heal or cure.
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it is often juxtaposed with 'dard' (pain) or 'maraz' (affliction), where the lover paradoxically cherishes love's torment over any cure.
Examples
May the patient find early cure and relief.
There is no cure for the wounds of love.
Synonyms
आरोग्यसेहततंदुरुस्तीइलाज
Related Words
शिफ़ाख़ानामर्ज़इलाजतबीब