Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden

Sabza

सब्ज़ा
said sab-za
also written: sabzah, greenery, verdure
Meaning

Greenery, fresh young verdure and grass springing up in the garden.

Literally: greenery, fresh grass, verdure

Usage & notes

Sabza is the fresh greenery — the new grass and tender verdure that springs up after rain, classically the down of new growth on the earth's cheek and the sign of spring's revival, sometimes the soft green that consoles or that grows over the dust of the dead. It is youth, freshness and the earth made green. Iqbal uses it for the quickening of life after barrenness, the green proof that the rain of grace has reached the ground.