Borrowed from Classical Persian تشویشناک (tašwīšnāk), from تشویش (tašwīš) + ـناک (-nāk), the first element from Arabic.
تَشْوِیشْناک • (tašvīšnāk) (Hindi spelling तश्वीश्नाक)
- someone who creates distraction, discomfort, nervousness, anxiousness, restlessness
- fearful, scary
- “تشویشناک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “تشویشناک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.