जहन्नुम
Hindi
Alternative forms
- जहन्नम (jahannam)
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)
Declension
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जहन्नुम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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