Word Meaning
सुखन-आरा
sukhan-ārā
Meaning
Adorning speech; eloquent, fluent speaker, or gifted poet.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian-derived compound adjective used for someone who adorns speech or recites poetry with elegance. In classical Urdu poetry, it designates an accomplished speaker or poet whose verbal artistry animates a gathering. In the cited verse, it refers to the poet Firaq as an eloquent master of words whose absence leaves the assembly desolate.
Etymology
Persian compound of 'sukhan' (speech, words) and 'ārā' (adorning, from 'ārāstan', to embellish/decorate).
Usage
In Urdu poetry, 'sukhan-ara' is frequently invoked as an honorific epithet to praise the eloquence of a fellow poet or the narrator's own poetic dexterity.
Examples
The eloquent poet charmed the assembly with graceful verse.
Without a skilled speaker, the literary gathering remained silent.