Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Pazhmurdgi

पज़्मुर्दगी
said pazh-mur-da-gee
Meaning

Witheredness and dejection, the wilted, drooping state of a heart weighed down by sorrow.

Literally: state of being withered, faded

Usage & notes

Pazhmurdgi is the heart like a faded, drooping flower. For Iqbal this withering is what befalls a self that has stopped striving; he summons the soul to bloom and burn rather than wilt.