huzun

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish hüzün.

Noun

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.