Urdu · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

BuRhapa

बुढ़ापा
said bu-RHAA-pa
also written: budhapa
Meaning

Old age, the state of being old.

Usage & notes

BuRhapa is the plain word for old age and bodily decline, the natural close of the lifespan against which Iqbal sets the undying vitality of the self.