Persian · adjective · Love & Longing

Shefta

शेफ़्ता

also written: Shaifta

Meaning

Distracted with love, infatuated, enamoured.

Literally: Disordered, frenzied.

Usage & notes

Shefta describes the lover whose senses are scattered by love. It names the bewitched, distracted condition that ishq produces in the heart.

Related words

Madman; the love-crazed lover.

Devoted to the point of self-sacrifice; ready to give one's life.

The lover; one consumed by passionate love (ishq).