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Saadgi

सादगी
said saad-gee
Meaning

Simplicity, plainness, artlessness, innocence of guile.

How Iqbal uses it

Unaffected simplicity, prized as sincerity, though saadgi can also name a charming naivety in the beloved.

See it in the verse

Saadgi in Iqbal’s couplets

Tere ishq ki inteha chahta hoon
Meri sadgi dekh, kya chahta hoon
I long for the very furthest reach of your love — look at my simplicity, look at what I dare to ask for.
Love · Aspiration
Related words
SANSKRIT

Bholpan

Innocence, naivety, guileless simplicity.

URDU

Banawat

Artificiality, affectation, fabrication; also make or construction.

ARABIC

Masoomiyat

Innocence, sinlessness, blameless purity.

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