Word Meaning
सैंकड़ों
sainkṛoñ
Meaning
Hundreds; a great number or multitude of people or things.
Detailed Meaning
Denotes hundreds or an indefinite, large multitude. In this couplet, it highlights the incessant and unremarked tragedy of countless souls perishing every single day. It creates a stark contrast between this routine mass loss of life and the unfulfilled craving for a truly memorable event.
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit 'शत' (shata, meaning hundred), through Prakrit into Hindi-Urdu 'सैकड़ा' (saikṛā) with the plural oblique suffix.
Usage
Frequently deployed in classical poetry as a hyperbolic marker to illustrate the sheer multitude of suffering lovers or unheeded victims.
Examples
Hundreds of storms rose and subsided in the ocean of longing.
Hundreds of desires turned to dust within the heart.