सद-दिल-पसंद

Meaning

Pleasing to a hundred hearts; captivating or approved by numerous lovers.

Detailed Meaning

Literally describes something agreeable to a hundred hearts or a spectacle that delights myriad souls. In this couplet, 'sad-dil' (a hundred hearts) is syntactically tied to 'burdan' (carrying away) while 'pasand aaya' serves as the predicate meaning 'was pleasing'. Together in the edited compound, it evokes the beloved's effortless conquest of countless enamored admirers.

Etymology

Persian: sad (hundred) + dil (heart) + pasand (stem of pasandidan, to choose or like).

Usage

In the ghazal tradition, such Persianate compounds emphasize the hyperbolic charm of the beloved who enraptures countless lovers at once.

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