Word Meaning
सौदाइयाँ
saudā'iyāñ
Meaning
Madmen, lovers driven to frenzy or melancholy (plural of sauda'i).
Detailed Meaning
This is the Persian animate plural form of 'sauda'i' (one inflicted with sauda or black bile, implying madness or obsessive love). In this couplet, the bleeding path of love is compared to the incision-marked veins of mad lovers who have been subjected to bloodletting to cure their frenzy. It captures the archetype of passionate sufferers wandering the desert.
Etymology
From Arabic 'sawdā' (black bile / melancholy) borrowed into Persian with the adjectival suffix '-ī' and the Persian animate plural suffix '-ān'.
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, Persian plural markers like '-ān' are often invoked in izafat constructions to elevate the romantic delirium of passionate lovers.
Examples
rag-e-sauda'iyan (the vein of the mad lovers)
giriftar-e-sauda'iyan (the state of frenzy among the obsessed)