हवाला

Meaning

Charge, custody, entrusting, assignment, or reference.

Detailed Meaning

In classical Urdu, 'hawala' denotes assigning, transferring, or entrusting something to someone's custody or care. In this couplet, it carries the sense of entrusting the matter of the sword fight directly to the speaker ('mire kijo hawala'). It emphasizes leaving the task of confronting the adversary entirely to their skill in combat.

Etymology

Arabic (حوالة, ḥawāla), meaning transfer, assignment, or bill of exchange.

Usage

In ghazal poetry, it frequently appears in the compound idiom 'hawale karna' to denote surrendering one's heart, life, or fate to the beloved or God.

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