Persian · noun · The Heart & the Body

Wahshat-zadgi

वहशत-ज़दगी
said wah-shat-za-da-gee
Meaning

The condition of being struck with wild dread or desolation, a heart overcome by frightened estrangement.

Literally: state of being seized by wildness

Usage & notes

Wahshat-zadgi describes the heart smitten by terror and desolate loneliness, gone wild with dread. It is the deeper grip of wahshat, the soul not merely estranged but possessed by its frightened wildness.