Word Meaning
सद-चाक
sad-chaak
hiadjective
Meaning
Torn into a hundred pieces; deeply wounded or severely ruptured.
Detailed Meaning
Literally meaning torn into a hundred pieces, it describes a heart or garment that has been severely lacerated. In this couplet, 'dil-e-sad-chaak' refers to a heart ripped with innumerable slits, ingeniously compared to the closely spaced teeth of a comb caught in the beloved's tangled locks.
Etymology
Persian compound from 'sad' (hundred) and 'chaak' (slit, tear, rent).
Usage
Frequently combined with 'dil' (heart) or 'gareban'/'daaman' (collar/robe) in classical ghazals to evoke the torment of love and grief.
Examples
The hundred-torn hem of a frantic lover.
A broken heart pierced in a hundred places.
Synonyms
तार-तारछलनीपाश-पाशविदीर्ण
Related Words
चाकचाक-ए-दामनसद-पारहचाक-ए-दिल