Emotion and Mind
غصه
/ ghosse /
noun · sorrow, worry
Meaning
معنی۱
غصه نخور is one of the most common phrases in Persian, said by mothers, friends, taxi drivers, anyone consoling anyone. The verb غصه خوردن ("to eat sorrow") frames worry as something physically consumed, in line with the Persian tendency to locate emotion in the body and the heart.
In a sentence
مثالغصه نخور
ghosse nakhor
don't worry, don't be sad
The company it keeps
همنشینهاYou rarely meet a word alone — here it is, at work beside others.
غصه خوردن (ghosse khordan) literally "to eat sorrow," meaning "to fret, to worry oneself sick"
غم و غصه
gham-o-ghosse
grief and sorrow
غصهدار
ghossedâr
sorrowful, downcast
In its constellation
در پیوندNo word stands alone. Follow a thread to the words it lives beside — hover to read one, click to open it.
غصهghosse
غمghamغصه خوردنghosse khordanدرد دل کردنdard-e del kardanغمگینghamginبغضboghzدلش گرفتنdelesh gereftanغصهghosse
keeps company with ۶ words