सिनाँ

Meaning

A spear, lance, or the sharp iron point of a spear.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Urdu and Persian poetry, 'sinān' denotes a spear, lance, or the lethal tip of a spear. In this couplet, it appears in the compound idiom 'be-teg-o-sinān' (without sword and spear), highlighting that the speaker's verse exerts immense, bloodletting power purely through artistic genius rather than physical weapons.

Etymology

Arabic سِنَان (sinān), meaning spearhead or lance, borrowed into Persian and Urdu.

Usage

Commonly paired with 'tegh' as a rhyming martial motif to represent battlefield combat or love's fatal beauty.

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