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گرفتار

Giraftar

Means

Caught or imprisoned; often refers to being enslaved by the beauty of the beloved or trapped in the cycle of longing.


Urdu Meaning

قیدی یا پھنس جانے والا؛ عشق میں محبوب کے حسن کے اسیر یا جذبات کے جال میں قید ہو جانے کی کیفیت۔

Adjective · Masculine · Persian


Shers using this word

سب طرحیں اس کی اپنی نظر میں تھیں کیا کہیں پر ہم بھی ہو گئے ہیں گرفتار ایک طرح

Sab tarhein us ki apni nazar mein thin kya kahein Par hum bhi ho gaye hain giraftar ek tarah

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →

ہم گرفتار حال ہیں اپنے طائر پر بریدہ کے مانند

Ham giraftar-e-haal hain apnay tair-e-par-bureeda ke manind

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →

نہ مر کر بھی چھوٹے گا اتنا رکے گا ترے دام میں جو گرفتار ہوگا

Na mar kar bhi chhootega itna rukega Tere daam mein jo giraftar hoga

MIR TAQI MIRFull poem →