Word Meaning
सद-कोह
sad-koh
hinoun
Meaning
A hundred mountains; countless peaks; an immense mountainous mass.
Detailed Meaning
A compound of Persian 'sad' (hundred) and 'koh' (mountain), signifying a hundred mountains or an immense expanse of peaks. In this verse, it magnifies the grandeur of Mount Sinai (Toor) to show that a single spark from the speaker's burning heart could incinerate a harvest equal to a hundred such mountains.
Etymology
Persian: 'sad' (hundred) + 'kōh' (mountain).
Usage
Used as a hyperbolic poetic image in classical Urdu ghazal to express insurmountable grief or cosmic vastness.
Examples
The sorrow weighed heavily like a hundred mountains.
A spark to consume the harvest of a hundred mountains.
Synonyms
सौ पर्वतसैकड़ों पहाड़कोहसार
Related Words
कोहकोह-ए-तूरबर्क़ख़िर्मन