Urdu Dictionary
Persian · numeral · Qualities & Descriptions

Sad

सद
said sad
Meaning

A hundred; the Persian word for one hundred, frequent in compounds.

See it in the verse

Sad in Iqbal’s couplets

Afsos sad-afsos ki shahin na bana tu
Dekhe na teri aankh ne fitrat ke ishaarat
A pity, a hundred pities, that you never became a falcon; your eye never read the signs that nature held out.
The Falcon · Awakening · Aspiration
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