দোজখ

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • দোজক (dojôk)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دوزخ‎ (dôzax), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭱𐭧𐭥𐭩‎ (dušox, “hell”), from Old Iranian *daužaxva, from Proto-Iranian *dušHáhuš (literally “bad existence”), a compound of *duš- (“bad”) +‎ *Háhuš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásuš (“life, existence, being”).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪odʒokʰ/, [d̪odʒok]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪odʑokʰ/, [d̪odʑok]

Noun

দোজখ • (dojôkh)

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