Arabic · noun · The Heart & the Body

Khabt

ख़ब्त
said khabt
Meaning

A mania, obsession, or derangement, a fixed mental disorder or fanatical fixation of the heart.

Literally: disorder, derangement

Usage & notes

Khabt is obsession that tips toward madness, the mind deranged by a single idea. It sits near sauda and junoon in the lexicon of the heart unbalanced by overwhelming feeling.