Word Meaning
शिफ़ाई
Shifa'i
hiproper noun
Meaning
Pen-name of Hakim Shifa'i, a renowned classical Persian poet.
Detailed Meaning
In this couplet, 'Shifa'i' refers to the prominent 17th-century Safavid Persian poet and physician Hakim Sharaf al-Din Hasan Shifa'i Isfahani. Mir Taqi Mir invokes his name in the maqta to indicate that he composed this ghazal in the same meter and rhyme scheme (zamin) as Shifa'i, measuring his own talent against the Persian master.
Etymology
Arabic/Persian: derived from 'shifa' (cure, healing); pen-name of the physician-poet Hakim Shifa'i.
Usage
Classical Urdu poets often invoked Persian masters like Shifa'i in their closing couplets (maqta) when composing ghazals in imitation of their work.
Examples
Composing a verse in the style of Shifa'i
Inspired by the poetry of Shifa'i
Synonyms
हकीम शिफ़ाईशिफ़ाई इस्फ़हानी
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