Word Meaning
सियह-मस्त
siyah-mast
hiadjective
Meaning
Blind drunk, deeply intoxicated, or completely insensible with wine.
Detailed Meaning
A compound of Persian 'siyah' (black/dark) and 'mast' (intoxicated), denoting drunkenness so intense that darkness or insensibility overtakes the senses. In the couplet by Ghalib, it describes a rival overwhelmed by ecstatic wine-drinking, lying oblivious and content like a shadow at the beloved's feet.
Etymology
Persian: siyah (black, dark) + mast (intoxicated, inebriated).
Usage
In classical Urdu poetry, it usually portrays an extreme and enviable stage of inebriation or mystic surrender.
Examples
lying dead drunk in the tavern's corner
the insensible reveler lost in oblivion
Synonyms
मदहोशमस्त-अलस्तबेखुदसरशार
Related Words
सियह-मस्तीमस्तसियहमस्ताना