বেহেশ্ত

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • বেহেস্ত (behest), বেহেশত (beheśt), বেহেসত (behest)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بهشت‎ (behešt), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩‎ (wahišt, “paradise”), from Old Iranian *wáhišt-ah, from Proto-Iranian *HwáhištHáhuš (literally “best existence”), a compound of *Hwáhištas (“best”, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hwásištʰas) +‎ *Háhuš (from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásuš (“life, existence, being”)).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /beɦest̪/, [beɦest̪]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /beɦest̪/, [beɦest̪]

Noun

বেহেশ্ত • (beheśto)

  1. (Islam) paradise, heaven
    আল্লাহ তাকে বেহেশ্ত নসীব করুন।
    allah take beheśto nośib korun.
    May Allah grant him/her paradise.
    Synonyms: জান্নাত (jannat), স্বর্গ (śorgo), নন্দন (nondon), পুণ্যলোক (punnolōk)
    Antonym: দোজখ (dōjokh)
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