Word Meaning
समाजत
samājat
Meaning
Humble supplication, earnest pleading, entreaty, or persistent importunity.
Detailed Meaning
In classical Urdu and Persian poetry, 'samājat' signifies humble and relentless supplication, often characterized by prostration and extreme submissiveness. In this couplet, it refers to the lover's unwavering stance of humble surrender, remaining prostrate at the beloved's feet despite impending execution or torment.
Etymology
Arabic (سماجة, originally meaning deformity or foulness); acquired the sense of humble pleading and persistent entreaty in Persian and Urdu.
Usage
Commonly paired in the compound 'minnat-o-samājat' to emphasize the lover's desperate importunity and profound humility before an unyielding beloved.
Examples
Despite all his tearful supplications, the beloved showed no mercy.
He bowed his head at her feet in earnest entreaty.