जहन्नुम

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جهنم (jahannam), from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam), from Hebrew גהינום (Gehennam), from גַּיא בֶּן הִנֹּם (Ge ben Hinnom, Valley of Hinnom).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɦən.nʊm/, [d͡ʒɛ.ɦɛ̃n.nʊ̃m]

Noun

जहन्नुम • (jahannum) m (Urdu spelling جہنم)

  1. (chiefly Islam) hell, Gehenna, Jahannam
    Synonyms: (Hinduism) नरक (narak), (Zoroastrianism and Islam) दोज़ख़ (dozax)

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