Arabic · noun · Love & Longing
Mahjoori
महजूरी
said mah-JOO-ree
also written: Mahjuri, mahjuri, mahjoorie
Meaning
The condition of being forsaken and kept apart from the beloved.
Literally: the state of being separated/forsaken
Usage & notes
Mahjoori is the condition of one who has been kept apart — forsakenness, the lover left on the far side of a closed door. It names not the event of parting but the abiding state of being shut out from nearness. In the mystical reading it is the soul's felt distance from the Divine, the ache that proves how much it was made for closeness.