Borrowed from Classical Persian دوزخ (dōzax), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭱𐭧𐭥𐭩 (dušox), from earlier (dušahw), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *dušHáhuš (literally “bad existence”). Compare Hindustani دوزخ / दोज़ख़ (dozax), Old Hindi दोजग (dojaga), Gujarati દોજખ (dojakh) Punjabi ਦੋਜਖ (dojakh) / دوزَخ (dozax), Old Punjabi ਦੋਜਕੁ (dojaku), Pashto دوغښ (doǧaẍ), Baluchi دوجک (dōǰak) / دوږخ (doẓax), Chechen жоьжахати (žöžaxati), Azerbaijani duzəx, Gurani دۆزەخ (dōzax), Ushojo دوزخ (dōzax), Kazakh дозақ (dozaq), Central Kurdish دۆزەخ (dozex), Southern Kurdish دووزەخ (dûzex), Ottoman Turkish دوزخ (dûzah), Uyghur دوزاخ (dozax), Pashto دوزخ (dōzax) / دوږخ (doẓax), Turkmen dowzah, Uzbek doʻzax.
দোজখ • (dōjokh)
| Inflection of দোজখ | |||
| nominative | দোজখ dōjokh | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| objective | দোজখ / দোজখকে dōjokh (semantically general or indefinite) / dōjokhke (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | দোজখের dōjokher | ||
| locative | দোজখে dōjokhe | ||
| Indefinite forms | |||
| nominative | দোজখ dōjokh | ||
| objective | দোজখ / দোজখকে dōjokh (semantically general or indefinite) / dōjokhke (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | দোজখের dōjokher | ||
| locative | দোজখে dōjokhe | ||
| Definite forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | দোজখটা , দোজখটি dōjokhṭa (colloquial), dōjokhṭi (formal) |
দোজখগুলা, দোজখগুলো dōjokhgula (colloquial), dōjokhgulo (formal) | |
| objective | দোজখটা, দোজখটি dōjokhṭa (colloquial), dōjokhṭi (formal) |
দোজখগুলা, দোজখগুলো dōjokhgula (colloquial), dōjokhgulo (formal) | |
| genitive | দোজখটার, দোজখটির dōjokhṭar (colloquial), dōjokhṭir (formal) |
দোজখগুলার, দোজখগুলোর dōjokhgular (colloquial), dōjokhgulor (formal) | |
| locative | দোজখটাতে / দোজখটায়, দোজখটিতে dōjokhṭate / dōjokhṭay (colloquial), dōjokhṭite (formal) |
দোজখগুলাতে / দোজখগুলায়, দোজখগুলোতে dōjokhgulate / dōjokhgulay (colloquial), dōjokhgulote (formal) | |
| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). | |||