Persian · noun · Selfhood & Will
Sakht-Koshi
सख़्त-कोशी
said sakht-KO-shi
also written: sakht koshi
Meaning
Hard striving, strenuous effort, the readiness to toil and endure hardship.
Literally: Persian sakht (hard) + koshi (striving): striving against hardship.
Usage & notes
Sakht-koshi is the stern, hard-driving effort Iqbal admires in the worker and the warrior of the spirit; the self is forged in difficulty, hardened by the labour it refuses to shirk.