Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Tashnagi

तश्नगी
said tash-na-gee
Meaning

Thirst, especially the unquenchable thirst of longing and spiritual desire in the heart.

Literally: thirst, being thirsty

Usage & notes

Tashnagi is longing imagined as a burning thirst that no draught can slake. Iqbal celebrates this unappeasable thirst of the soul, for the heart that still thirsts is still seeking, and a thirst forever renewed is the engine of the striving self.