جحیم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَحِيم (jaḥīm).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ˈhiːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦíːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.jíːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.jím]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.ɦíːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦím]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jahīm
Dari reading^?	jahīm
Iranian reading^?	jahim
Tajik reading^?	jahim

Noun

جحیم • (jahim)

Hell
Synonyms: جهنم (jahannam), دوزخ (duzax)
- c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 103:
  دوزخی ملامتم شوی جنان چه سان روم
  بلک ز سوزش تنم تنگ بود جحیم را
  dōzaxī-yi malāmatam šō-yi jinān či sān rawam
  balk zi sōziš tanam tang buwad jahīm rā
  I am an inmate of the Hell of reproach! How shall I go towards Paradise?
  Rather, due to its burning, my body has become too tight for Hell.
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جحیم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim