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Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּיהִנָּם (gēhinnām), from גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם (gē ḇen hinnōm, “valley of the son of Hinom”). The vocalization suggests that it may have been borrowed via Ge'ez ገሀነም (gähännäm).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
جَهَنَّم • (jahannam) f
- (Islam, Christianity) hell, Gehenna
- Synonyms: سَعِير (saʕīr), لَظَىٰ (laẓā), النَّار (an-nār), هاوِيَة (hāwiya), جَحِيم (jaḥīm), حُطَمَة (ḥuṭama), سَقَر (saqar)
Declension
Declension of noun جَهَنَّم (jahannam)
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basic singular diptote
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Definite
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جَهَنَّم
jahannam
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| Nominative
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جَهَنَّمُ
jahannamu
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| Accusative
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جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
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| Genitive
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جَهَنَّمَ
jahannama
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Descendants
References
- Jonas Meyer (1901) Die Hölle im Islam (in German), Basel: Fr. Reinhardt, Universitäts-Buchdruckerei
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (gehinóm, “Gehenna”), from גַּיא בֶּן הִנֹּם (Ge ben Hinnom, “Valley of Hinnom”).
Noun
جهنم • (cehennem)
- (Islam) hell, Gehenna, a place of torment where sinners are believed to go after death.
- Synonyms: دوزخ (duzah), طامو (tamu)
Derived terms
- جهنم دیبی (cehennem dibi, “bottom of the hell”)
- جهنم طاشی (cehennem taşı, “lunar caustic”)
- جهنم كوتوكی (cehennem kütüğü, “a hardened sinner”)
- جهنملك (cehennemlik, “place like hell”)
- جهنملی (cehennemli, “hellish, damned”)
- جهنمی (cehennemî, “hellish, damned”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cehennem”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 768
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “جهنم”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 193a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جهنم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 453
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Infernus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 795
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “جهنم”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1695
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cehennem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جهنم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 694
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (gehinóm), from גַּיא בֶּן הִנֹּם (ge ben hinnom, “Valley of Hinnom”).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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jahannam
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| Dari reading?
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jahannam
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| Iranian reading?
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jahannam
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| Tajik reading?
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jahannam
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Noun
| Dari
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جهنم
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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ҷаҳаннам
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جَهَنَّم • (jahannam)
- hell
Descendants