Word Meaning
ब-सद-नाज़
ba-sad-nāz
Meaning
With a hundred graces, utmost coquetry, or immense elegance and charm.
Detailed Meaning
A Persian compound formed by 'ba' (with), 'sad' (hundred), and 'nāz' (grace, coquetry, amorous airs), meaning with myriad charms or utmost elegance. In this couplet, it describes the morning breeze (naseem-e-sahar) arriving with playful and haughty grace among the free birds of the garden, while the caged birds remain deprived of it.
Etymology
Persian: compound of 'ba-' (preposition: with) + 'sad' (numeral: hundred) + 'nāz' (noun: grace, coquetry, haughty charm).
Usage
Commonly used in classical ghazals to depict the proud, coquettish, and elegant manner of the beloved or personified forces of nature like the morning breeze.
Examples
The morning breeze entered the garden with a hundred graces.
She walked past the gathering with a hundred graces, heedless of lovers.