عذاب

Compare عَذَّبَ (ʕaḏḏaba, “to torment”) and تَعَذَّبَ (taʕaḏḏaba).

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ðaːb/

عَذَاب • (ʕaḏāb) m

1. torture, torment, punishment

   Antonym: رَحْمَة (raḥma)

   • 7th century CE, The Quran‎:

     إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

     ʔinnā ʔarsalnā nūḥan ʔilā qawmihi ʔan ʔanḏir qawmaka min qabli ʔan yaʔtiyahum ʕaḏābun ʔalīmun

     Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 88:23-24:

     إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ / فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

     ʔillā man tawallā wakafara / fayuʕaḏḏibuhu l-lahu al-ʕaḏāba al-ʔakbara

     But whoso is averse and disbelieveth, Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

2. torment (“extreme pain”), agony, suffering, pain

   Antonym: نَعِيم (naʕīm)

• → Azerbaijani: əzab
• → Avar: гӏазаб (ʻazab)
• → Bengali: আযাব (ajab)
• → Bashkir: ғазап (ğazap)
• → Kazakh: азап (azap)
• → Kyrgyz: азап (azap)
• → Indonesian: azab
• → Ottoman Turkish: عذاب (azâb)
  • Turkish: azap
• → Persian: عذاب ('azâb)
  • Urdu: عذاب
    • Phalura: azaáb
    • Ushojo: عذاب
• → Swahili: adhabu
• → Thai: อักเสบ (àk-sèep)
• → Tatar: газап (ğazap)
• → Uyghur: ئازاپ (azap)
• → Uzbek: azob

From Arabic عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb).

عذاب • ('azâb)

1. torture
2. torment
3. punishment

From Classical Persian عذاب ('azāb), from Arabic عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb).

عذاب • ('azāb) m (Hindi spelling अज़ाब)

1. torture
2. torment
3. punishment
4. doom

From Urdu عذاب ('azāb).

عذاب ('azāb)

1. torture
2. torment
3. punishment
4. doom