huzun

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Turkish hüzün.

Noun[edit]

huzun (uncountable)

  1. melancholy
    • 2015 October 20, Dwight Garner, “Review: Orhan Pamuk’s ‘A Strangeness in My Mind’”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      It floats on a cushion of huzun, the way an air-hockey puck hovers above the game table.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=huzun&oldid=65903765"