Word Meaning
सी
si
Meaning
A particle indicating likeness, resemblance, or emphasis and specification (which one, like).
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu and Hindi poetry and grammar, 'सी' is the feminine form of the particle 'सा', denoting resemblance, likeness, or degree. When attached to interrogative pronouns like 'कौन' (kaun), it acts as an emphatic or specifying marker meaning 'which particular one'. In this couplet, it specifies the feminine noun 'जगह' (place), forming 'कौन सी जगह' to question where on earth such bizarre injustice is deemed justice.
Etymology
From Sanskrit सम (sama, meaning 'same, like, similar') via Prakrit.
Usage
Widely used in classical Urdu poetry both to qualify adjectives tenderly (e.g., 'नाज़ुक सी') and in interrogative phrases to sharpen poetic inquiry.
Examples
Which particular word could express this grief?
Delicate as a newly blossomed rose.