Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body
Ranjoori
रंजूरी
said ran-joo-ree
also written: Ranjuri
Meaning
Affliction and anguish, a sorrowful sickness of heart that wastes the spirit.
Literally: state of being afflicted, ailing
Usage & notes
Ranjoori is grief that becomes an ailment, sorrow so settled it sickens the self. It draws on the old image of the lover wasting away under the burden of an unhealed heart.