جہنم

See also: جهنم

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Ge'ez ገሀነም (gähänäm)influ.
    Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam)bor.
    Classical Persian جَهَنَّم (jahannam)bor.
    Urdu جَہَنَّم (jahannam)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهَنَّم (jahannam), borrowed from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam), borrowed from Aramaic גֵּיהִנָּם. First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi جہنم (jhnm /⁠jahannam⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    جَہَنَّم • (jahannam) m (Hindi spelling जहन्नम)

    1. (Islam) hell
      Synonym: دوزَخ (dozax)

    Declension

    Declension of جہنم
    singular plural
    direct جَہَنَّم (jahannam) جَہَنَّم (jahannam)
    oblique جَہَنَّم (jahannam) جَہَنَّموں (jahannamõ)
    vocative جَہَنَّم (jahannam) جَہَنَّمو (jahannamo)

    References

    1. ^ “جہنم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • “جہنم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “جہنم”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
    • The template Template:R:Fallon does not use the parameter(s): 
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    • John Shakespear (1834) “جـﮩنم”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 665
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