দোজখ

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Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

দোজখ (dōjokh)

  1. hell
    Synonyms: জাহান্নাম (jahannam), নরক (norok), পাতাল (patal), নিরয় (niroẏ)
    Antonym: বেহেশ্ত (beheśt)
    দোজখে যাওয়ার ইচ্ছা কার নাই
    dōjokhe jaōẇar iccha karor nai.
    No one wants to go to hell.
    (literally, “No one has the wish to go to hell.”)