muqaffal(m): lock

Description of muqaffal: Muqaffal is an Urdu adjective meaning locked or bolted, as with a door secured by a lock or padlock. Unlike open or unlocked states, it implies complete closure and inaccessibility. Differs from temporary fastenings by denoting a firm, often permanent seal. In poetry, it evokes isolation, as in Firaq Gorakhpuri's sher: "Tanhaiyon ne aisa muqaffal kiya mujhe," where solitude locks the speaker in longing.