Word Meaning
जितने
jitne
hipronoun / adjective
Meaning
As many as; all those who; however many.
Detailed Meaning
In this verse, 'jitne' serves as a relative quantifier referring to all the attendees or departed figures in the assembly. It pairs correlatively with 'sabhon' (all) in the second line to stress totality. The line suggests that every single person who departed like a snuffed candle in that gathering is fully aware of the speaker's plight.
Etymology
Sanskrit 'यावत्' (yāvat) through Prakrit 'जित्तिय' (jittiya) / Old Hindi.
Usage
Commonly paired correlatively with terms like 'utne' or 'sab' in Urdu poetry to establish conditional or comparative parallelisms across hemistichs.
Examples
As many as came to that gathering
All the wounds that existed became illuminated
Synonyms
जो-जोसारेतमाम
Related Words
जितनाउतनेतितनेसभों