بهشت

See also: بہشت

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهشت

Noun

بهشت • (behişt or bẹhişt or bihişt)

  1. (religion) synonym of اوچمق (uçmaq, paradise, heaven)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: behişt
  • Ottoman Turkish: بهشت (behişt)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بهشت (behişt), from Persian بهشت (behešt).

Noun

بهشت • (behişt)

  1. paradise, heaven

Descendants

Persian

Alternative forms

  • گهیشت (gahišt) (obsolete, dialectal, Sistan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (wahišt); see there for more. Cognate with Northern Talysh وییشت (vaiišt) and Baluchi گْوَهِشت (gwahišt, heaven). Compare Gujarati વહિશ્ત (vahiśt).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? bihišt
Dari reading? behišt
Iranian reading? behešt
Tajik reading? bihišt

Noun

Dari بهشت
Iranian Persian
Tajik биҳишт

بِهِشْت • (behešt)

  1. paradise, heaven
    Synonym: جَنَّت (jannat)
    Antonyms: دوزَخ (duzax), جَهَنَّم (jahannam)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Anatolian Turkish: بهشت (behişt)
  • Kazakh: бейіш (beiış), пейіш (peiış)
  • Kyrgyz: бейиш (beyiş)
  • Uyghur: بېھىش (bëhish)
  • Uzbek: bihisht, behisht
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: बहिश्त (bahiśt), बिहिश्त (bihiśt)
    Urdu: بَہِشْت (bahiśt), بِہِشْت (bihiśt)
  • Bengali: বেহেশ্ত (beheśt)
  • Gujarati: બિહિશ્ત (bihiśt), બહિશ્ત (bahiśt)