برزخ

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From Parthian *bwrz-ʾxw (/⁠burz-axw⁠/, height, unsurmountable passage), from Parthian bwrz (/⁠burz⁠/, high) + ʾxw (/⁠axw⁠/, world).

Noun

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بَرْزَخ (barzaḵm (plural بَرَازِخ (barāziḵ))

  1. separation, partition
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 55:20:
      بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
      baynahumā barzaḵun lā yabġiyāni
      Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.
  2. (religion, including Islam) netherworld; barzakh; hades; purgatory (otherworldly existence, generally temporal, which may include elements of punishment and/or reward)
  3. (geography) isthmus

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References

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  • Cheung, Johnny (2017) On the (Middle) Iranian borrowings in Qurʾānic (and pre-Islamic) Arabic[1], Leiden: Leiden University, pages 4–5
  • ابن منظور. «برزخ»، لسان العرب.

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَرْزَخ (barzaḵ), from Parthian *bwrz-ʾxw (/⁠burz-axw⁠/), from Parthian bwrz (/⁠burz⁠/, high) + ʾxw (/⁠axw⁠/, world).

Noun

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برزخ (barzax)

  1. (Islam) barzakh
  2. limbo
  3. purgatory
  4. (geography) isthmus