Arabic · noun · The Heart & the Body
Aariz
आरिज़
said AA-riz
also written: Arz, aariz, arz, aariz-e
Meaning
The cheek.
Literally: cheek
Usage & notes
Aariz is the cheek — the soft, glowing plane of the beloved's face, classically compared to rose petal, tulip, or the moon's surface. It is one of the lyric's favorite sites of praise, where bloom and blush and downy softness gather. Poets dwell on the aariz as beauty made touchable, the tender field on which the beloved's loveliness is most intimately seen.