Word Meaning
साथों
sāthoñ
Meaning
Together, alongside, or simultaneously (specifically in the phrase 'साथों साथ').
Detailed Meaning
In this couplet, 'साथों' is part of the emphatic reduplicative phrase 'साथों साथ' (sāthoñ sāth), meaning exactly at the same time or simultaneously. It highlights the immediacy with which a cry of admiration ('āfrīn') escaped the lover's lips at the very instant the beloved's arrow extracted his life. The inflected form intensifies the synchronization of death and devotion.
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit सार्थ (sārtha, 'accompanied by') via Prakrit सत्थ (sattha) into Hindi-Urdu साथ (sāth).
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, this oblique-pluralized form is rarely used alone; it almost exclusively appears in the reduplicated idiom 'साथों साथ' to emphasize simultaneous occurrence.
Examples
Pain and endurance arrived right alongside each other.
Joy departed along with the passing breath.