جهنم

See also: جہنم‎

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם‎ (gēhinnōm), 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

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.han.nam/

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)

Singular	basic singular diptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	جَهَنَّم jahannam	—
Nominative	—	جَهَنَّمُ jahannamu	—
Accusative	—	جَهَنَّمَ jahannama	—
Genitive	—	جَهَنَّمَ jahannama	—

Related terms

جَهَنَّمِيّ‎ (jahannamiyy)

Descendants

→ Armenian: ջանդամ (ǰandam), ջհանդամ (ǰhandam), ջահանդամ (ǰahandam), ջհաննամ (ǰhannam), ջայնամ (ǰaynam), ջահնամ (ǰahnam)
→ Azerbaijani: cəhənnəm
→ Bashkir: йәһәннәм (yähännäm)
→ English: Jahannam
→ Malay: jahanam
→ Ottoman Turkish: جهنم‎ (cehennem)
- Turkish: cehennem
- → Abkhaz: џьаҳаным (džaḥanəm)
- → Bulgarian: дженде́м (džendém), джанде́м (džandém)
- → Macedonian: џенем (dženem)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: џехѐнем, џехѐннем, Џехѐнем, Џехѐннем
  Latin script: džehènem, džehènnem, Džehènem, Džehènnem
→ Persian: جهنم‎ (jahannam)
→ Swahili: jahanamu

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

Derived terms

جهنملك‎ (cehennemlik)
جهنملی‎ (cehennemli)
جهنمی‎ (cehennemî)

Descendants

Turkish: cehennem
→ Abkhaz: џьаҳаным (džaḥanəm)
→ Bulgarian: дженде́м (džendém), джанде́м (džandém)
→ Macedonian: џенем (dženem)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: џехѐнем, џехѐннем, Џехѐнем, Џехѐннем

Latin script: džehènem, džehènnem, Džehènem, Džehènnem

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَهَنَّم‎ (jahannam), from Hebrew גיהנום‎ (Gehennom), from גַּיא בֶּן הִנֹּם‎ (Ge ben Hinnom, “Valley of Hinnom”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒahanˈnam/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒahanˈnam/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæhænˈnæm/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒahanˈnam/

Noun

Iranian Persian	جهنم
Dari	جهنم
Tajik	ҷаҳаннам (jahannam)

جهنم • (jahannam)

hell

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