Sukoon (ਸੁਕੂਨ) is the Punjabi word for peace, rest and tranquillity, above all the inner kind: the moment a restless mind settles and the heart feels at ease. It came from Arabic through Urdu. People speak of sukoon milna, finding peace, often in prayer, at home or in a loved one's company.
How it's used
- 1ਪਿੰਡ ਪਰਤ ਕੇ ਮੇਰੇ ਮਨ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਕੂਨ ਮਿਲਿਆ।When I returned to the village, my mind found peace. Sukoon milna, to find peace
- 2ਉਹ ਥਾਂ-ਥਾਂ ਸੁਕੂਨ ਲੱਭਦਾ ਫਿਰਦਾ ਹੈ।He keeps wandering from place to place looking for peace. Sukoon labhna, to search for peace
- 3ਨਾਮ ਸਿਮਰਨ ਨਾਲ ਦਿਲ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਕੂਨ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ।With naam simran, the heart finds tranquillity.
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- 4ਸਾਰਾ ਦਿਨ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਕੇ ਹੁਣ ਥੋੜ੍ਹਾ ਸੁਕੂਨ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।After working all day, I need a little peace and rest now.
ਸੁਕੂਨ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ, ਆਰਾਮ ਅਤੇ ਮਨ ਦੀ ਠਹਿਰ। ਜਦੋਂ ਬੇਚੈਨ ਮਨ ਥਿਰ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਭਾਵ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਕੂਨ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਇਹ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਅਰਬੀ ਤੋਂ ਉਰਦੂ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਇਆ ਹੈ। ਚੈਨ ਸਰੀਰ ਅਤੇ ਮਨ ਦੇ ਆਰਾਮ ਨੂੰ, ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਹਾਲਤ ਨੂੰ ਅਤੇ ਸਬਰ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਧੀਰਜ ਨੂੰ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਜਦੋਂ ਕਿ ਸੁਕੂਨ ਦਿਲ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਮਿਲਦੀ ਰਾਹਤ ਹੈ। ਲੋਕ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਦਿਲ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਕੂਨ ਮਿਲਿਆ।
What does sukoon mean in Punjabi? Sukoon (ਸੁਕੂਨ) means peace, rest and tranquillity: the quiet feeling when a restless mind finally settles. People say dil nu sukoon milya, my heart found peace, after worry, noise or a long hard day ends. It is an inner stillness, not just silence around you.
What does sukoon mean in Punjabi?
Sukoon is the calm that comes when restlessness stops. Rekhta Dictionary gives sukuun as peace, rest, ease, calm and tranquillity, and also as a state of being still. In Punjabi daily speech the word is almost always about the mind and heart: a person can sit in a silent room and still have no sukoon, and can find sukoon in a busy home when the heart is at ease.
Where does sukoon come from?
Sukoon came into Punjabi from Arabic, through Urdu. Rekhta marks sukuun as Arabic in origin, in the word family s-k-n. The Arabic sukun, built on the same three root letters sin, kaf and nun, also means tranquillity and stillness. That older sense of motion stopping helps explain the Punjabi feel of the word: sukoon is what arrives when inner movement, the circling thoughts and worries, comes to rest.
How is sukoon different from chain, shanti and sabr?
Four nearby words divide this ground. Chain (ਚੈਨ) is rest, ease and comfort, often of the body as much as the mind. Shanti (ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ) is peace and the absence of disturbance, a wider and more formal word. Sabr (ਸਬਰ) is patience, the steady endurance of hardship while it lasts. Sukoon is the felt relief inside: the moment the mind stops wrestling and settles, whether the hardship has ended or not.
How is sukoon used in Punjabi songs and everyday speech?
Everyday phrases include sukoon milna, to find peace, sukoon labhna, to search for peace, and man nu sukoon, peace of mind. Punjabi songs return to it again and again. In one much loved lyric, a singer says he has been looking for sukoon by moving from place to place, and is told to settle in one place so the mind will settle too. That is the word in one line: sukoon is chased outside, but found inside.
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Sources (3)
- Rekhta Dictionary, sukuun: gives Arabic origin and word family s-k-n, with English meanings peace, rest, ease, calm, tranquillity and a state of being still, and the example that the greatest wealth in the world is sukoon
- arabic.fi, Sukun, tranquillity: shows the Arabic word sukuun, its root letters sin, kaf and nun, and its meaning tranquillity
- Lyrics Raag, Sukoon by Karan Sandhawalia, English translation: the lyric looks for sukoon by moving from place to place and is told to settle in one place so the mind will settle too
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