Word Meaning
सीखा
seekha
Meaning
Learned, acquired an art, habit, or manner from someone.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetics, this verb often conveys imitating a subtle mannerism, grace, or trick from a beloved archetype. In this couplet, the blossoming rosebud is personified as having acquired the art of opening only partially from the languorous, half-opened eyes of the beloved. It suggests that natural wonders merely mimic the inherent charm of the beloved.
Etymology
From Sanskrit शिक्षति (śikṣati), via Prakrit, developing into Hindustani सीखना / سیکھنا (sīkhnā).
Usage
Frequently employed in the ghazal to poetically assert that natural beauty or rivals acquired their coquetry, charm, or indifference directly from the beloved.
Examples
Learned the art of indifference from the beloved
The blossom learned its smile from your lips