Word Meaning
शो'ला-अंदूद
sho'la-andood
hiadjective
Meaning
Smeared, coated, or enveloped in flame or fiery embers.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian compound adjective meaning smeared, overlaid, or coated with fire. In this couplet, it describes the wine cup as a scar or mark tinged by the flame of an extinguished lamp. It captures a melancholic scene where the joy of wine without nature's vibrancy feels merely like dead embers and smoke.
Etymology
Arabic shu'lah (flame) + Persian andūd (past stem of andūdan, to plaster or coat).
Usage
A highly Persianized poetic compound used in classical ghazals to conjure vivid, complex imagery of burning and desolation.
Examples
a chest smoldering and flame-coated with grief
the sight of a wine cup smeared with dead embers
Synonyms
शो'ला-आलूदशो'ला-नाकआतिश-अंदूद
Related Words
शो'लाअंदूदचराग़-ए-कुश्तादूद