جهنم

See also: جہنم

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּיהִנָּם (gēhinnām), from גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם (gē ḇen hinnōm, valley of the son of Hinom). The vocalization suggests that it may have been borrowed via Ge'ez ገሀነም (gähännäm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.han.nam/

Proper noun

جَهَنَّم • (jahannam) f

  1. (Islam, Christianity) hell, Gehenna
    Synonyms: سَعِير (saʕīr), لَظَىٰ (laẓā), النَّار (an-nār), هاوِيَة (hāwiya), جَحِيم (jaḥīm), حُطَمَة (ḥuṭama), سَقَر (saqar)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Jonas Meyer (1901) Die Hölle im Islam (in German), Basel: Fr. Reinhardt, Universitäts-Buchdruckerei

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (gehinóm, Gehenna), from גַּיא בֶּן הִנֹּם (Ge ben Hinnom, Valley of Hinnom).

Noun

جهنم • (cehennem)

  1. (Islam) hell, Gehenna, a place of torment where sinners are believed to go after death.
    Synonyms: دوزخ (duzah), طامو (tamu)

Derived terms

  • جهنم دیبی (cehennem dibi, bottom of the hell)
  • جهنم طاشی (cehennem taşı, lunar caustic)
  • جهنم كوتوكی (cehennem kütüğü, a hardened sinner)
  • جهنملك (cehennemlik, place like hell)
  • جهنملی (cehennemli, hellish, damned)
  • جهنمی (cehennemî, hellish, damned)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (gehinóm), from גַּיא בֶּן הִנֹּם (ge ben hinnom, Valley of Hinnom).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦän.nǽm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɑːän.nǽm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d͡ʒɔːän.nǽm]

Readings
Classical reading? jahannam
Dari reading? jahannam
Iranian reading? jahannam
Tajik reading? jahannam

Noun

Dari جهنم
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҷаҳаннам

جَهَنَّم • (jahannam)

  1. hell

Descendants

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