Urdu · noun · Nature & the Garden

Pat-jhar

पतझड़
said pat-JHAR
also written: Patjhad
Meaning

Autumn; the season of falling leaves.

Literally: leaf-fall

Usage & notes

Pat-jhar is the Indic name for the autumn that strips the garden bare, the season of decline and loss that Iqbal sets against spring's abundance; the bare bough waiting for renewal is his image of endurance through barren times.