Word Meaning
हज़ारों
hazāroñ
Meaning
Thousands of people; countless individuals; a vast multitude.
Detailed Meaning
In Urdu poetry, 'hazāroñ' often signifies a vast, uncountable multitude rather than a literal mathematical figure. In this couplet, it refers to the countless people whose lives, passions, and spirits have been consumed or ruined by worldly livelihood ('rozgār'). The word poignantly contrasts the blooming splendor of the garden with the tragic fate of ordinary humanity.
Etymology
From Persian 'hazār' (thousand), inflected with the Hindustani plural oblique marker '-oñ'.
Usage
Commonly employed in classical ghazal as poetic hyperbole to emphasize the overwhelming magnitude of lovers, victims, or unfulfilled desires.
Examples
Thousands of desires, each desire worth dying for
The blood of thousands lost to the world's grief