Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/dil-tuttna/ ਦ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Saying Word # ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ dil tuttna Say it**DIL TUTT-na**Type**Saying**Shahmukhiدل ٹٹنا In short The heart breaking, the universal Punjabi phrase for heartbreak, disappointment, and shattered hopes. ## How it's used 1. 1ਉਸ ਦੇ ਜਾਣ ਨਾਲ ਮੇਰਾ ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟ ਗਿਆ।My heart broke when she left. 2. 2ਨਤੀਜਾ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟ ਗਿਆ।Seeing the result broke his heart. 3. 3ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟਣ 'ਤੇ ਵੀ ਉਹ ਮੁਸਕਰਾਉਂਦਾ ਰਿਹਾ।Even heartbroken, he kept smiling. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਭਾਵੁਕ ਮੁਹਾਵਰਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਦਿਲ ਦਾ ਦੁਖਣਾ, ਉਮੀਦਾਂ ਦਾ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ। ਪਿਆਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਧੋਖਾ, ਪਰੀਖਿਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਫਲਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਦੋਸਤ ਦੀ ਬੇਵਫ਼ਾਈ, ਹਰ ਦੁੱਖ ਲਈ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟ ਗਿਆ। ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸੰਗੀਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਟੁੱਟੇ ਦਿਲਾਂ ਦੇ ਗੀਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੰਮੀ ਪਰੰਪਰਾ ਹੈ। ਲੋਕ-ਗੀਤਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਆਧੁਨਿਕ ਗੀਤਾਂ ਤੱਕ, ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ ਹਰ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਹੈ। ## Literal meaning Dil is the heart, tuttna is to break. The literal image is of the heart as a fragile object, glass, clay, that cracks and falls apart under a blow. It is a quiet image, not a violent one. Hearts do not explode in this phrase; they break, and the pieces lie still. ## What it really means The saying covers every kind of heartbreak: lost love, a child's failure, a friend's betrayal, a dream that dies. 'Mera dil tutt gaya' can be whispered about a broken romance or said flatly about a business collapse. Its power is its plainness. It does not decorate the pain or explain it, it simply names it, and in naming it, honours it. ## Cultural context Dil tuttna is perhaps the most sung phrase in Punjabi music. Generations of singers have built careers on broken hearts, from folk ballads of separated lovers to modern songs of city loneliness. In everyday life it is the phrase of consolation too: 'dil na tori, dil tutt jaanda', don't break hearts, hearts break easily. The culture treats the broken heart with tenderness, never mockery. ## What does dil tuttna mean? Dil tuttna means to have one's heart broken, covering every kind of heartbreak: lost love, a child's failure, a friend's betrayal, a dream that dies. Dil is the heart, tuttna is to break: the literal image is of the heart as a fragile object, glass, clay, that cracks and falls apart under a blow. Its power is its plainness: it does not decorate the pain or explain it, it simply names it, and in naming it, honours it. ## Why is dil tuttna so famous in Punjabi music? Dil tuttna is perhaps the most sung phrase in Punjabi music. Generations of singers have built careers on broken hearts, from folk ballads of separated lovers to modern songs of city loneliness. ## How does Punjabi culture treat a broken heart? With tenderness, never mockery. In everyday life it is the phrase of consolation too: 'dil na tori, dil tutt jaanda', don't break hearts, hearts break easily. ## ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ ਦਾ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ? ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਭਾਵੁਕ ਮੁਹਾਵਰਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਦਿਲ ਦਾ ਦੁਖਣਾ, ਉਮੀਦਾਂ ਦਾ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ। ਪਿਆਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਧੋਖਾ, ਪਰੀਖਿਆ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਫਲਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਦੋਸਤ ਦੀ ਬੇਵਫ਼ਾਈ, ਹਰ ਦੁੱਖ ਲਈ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟ ਗਿਆ। ## ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸੰਗੀਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ ਦੀ ਕੀ ਥਾਂ ਹੈ? ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸੰਗੀਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਟੁੱਟੇ ਦਿਲਾਂ ਦੇ ਗੀਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੰਮੀ ਪਰੰਪਰਾ ਹੈ। ਲੋਕ-ਗੀਤਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਆਧੁਨਿਕ ਗੀਤਾਂ ਤੱਕ, ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ ਹਰ ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਹੈ। ## Related words [ਗਮghamSorrow; grief](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/gham/) Sources (3) 1. Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha 2. Punjabi University Punjabi-English Dictionary 3. Punjabi Muhavre Kosh (idiom collections), Punjabi University, Patiala [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. 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