Word Meaning
शामत
shāmat
hinoun, feminine
Meaning
Misfortune, ill luck, calamity, or impending doom.
Detailed Meaning
The term refers to misfortune, adversity, or an ill omen that leads someone into trouble through an unfortunate impulse or error. In this couplet, it denotes the lover's ill fate that provoked him to make a ruinous move toward the gatekeeper when the beloved was otherwise ignoring him harmlessly.
Etymology
Derived from Arabic 'shu'm' (شؤم / شأم), signifying ill omen, disaster, or misfortune.
Usage
Commonly used in classical ghazal idiom as 'शामत आना' to express an unavoidable, self-invoked, or fated disaster.
Examples
shamat aana (to be overtaken by misfortune)
meri hi shamat thi jo wahan gaya (it was my own ill luck that took me there)
Synonyms
बदनसीबीमुसीबतआफ़तदुर्भाग्य
Related Words
शामत-ए-आमालशूममनहूसियत