Arabic · noun · The Heart & the Body

Tawahhush

तवह्हुश
said ta-wah-hush
Meaning

Wild loneliness and dread of company, the heart's flight into solitary, anxious estrangement.

Literally: becoming wild, shunning company

Usage & notes

Tawahhush is the soul gone wild with loneliness, recoiling from society into a restless solitude. It is kin to wahshat, the desolate estrangement of a heart that cannot find rest among others.