Word Meaning
शुक्र-सद-शुक्र
shukr-sad-shukr
hiinterjection
Meaning
A hundred thanks; profound and manifold gratitude offered to God or fate.
Detailed Meaning
An emphatic compound phrase signifying immense, reiterated thanksgiving. In this couplet, the poet ironically or poignantly offers a hundredfold thanks to fate that his very degradation and ruin saved him from having to rival or match his honored peers. It marks a moment of paradoxically grateful despair.
Etymology
Compound of Arabic 'shukr' (thanks, gratitude) and Persian 'sad' (hundred).
Usage
Commonly used in ghazal poetry to express heartfelt relief or gratitude, frequently deployed with ironic detachment toward one's own suffering.
Examples
A hundred thanks that the dark night of separation passed.
A hundred thanks that honor remained intact despite adversity.
Synonyms
लाख-लाख शुक्रशुक्र-ए-बे-हदहम्द
Related Words
शुक्रानाशुक्र-गुज़ारनेअमतसिपास