Arabic · noun · Time, Fate & the Cosmos

Sadiyan

सदियाँ
also written: Sadiyon, Sadi
Meaning

Centuries (plural of sadi).

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal notes that for sadiyan, for centuries on end, the age itself has been the enemy, yet the people's existence refuses to be erased, dramatising endurance across long stretches of time.