آخرت

See also: آخرة, آجرت, أحرث, احرث, أجرت, احرب, أجرب, and أحرب

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (āχıret), from Arabic اَلْآخِرَة (al-ʔāḵira, “the hereafter”).

Noun

آخرت • (âhiret)

1. (Islam) akhirah, afterlife

Antonyms

• دنیا (dünyâ)

Descendants

• Turkish: āhiret
• → Macedonian: ахирет (ahiret)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: а́хирет

  Latin script: áhiret

• → Ubykh: аҳреҭ (ahret)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آخِرَة (ʔāḵira, “hereafter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.xi.ˈrat/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.xɪ.ɾát̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.xɪ.ɾát̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.xɪ.ɾát̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.xi.ɾát̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.xe.ɹǽt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.χi.ɾát̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	āxirat
Dari reading?	āxirat
Iranian reading?	âxerat
Tajik reading?	oxirat

Noun

آخِرَت • (âxerat)

Dari	آخرت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	охират

1. (Islam) akhirah, afterlife

   Antonym: دُنْیا (donyâ)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: әхирәт (əxirət)
• → Gujarati: આખિરત (ākhirat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: आख़िरत (āxirat)

  Urdu: آخِرَت (āxirat)

• → Kazakh: ақырет (aqyret)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آخِرَت (āxirat), from Arabic الْآخِرَة (al-ʔāḵira, “the hereafter”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.xɪ.ɾət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: آ‧خِ‧رَت

Noun

آخِرَت • (āxirat) f (Hindi spelling आख़िरत)

1. (Islam) akhirah, afterlife

   Antonyms: دُنْیا (dunyā), دُنِیا (duniyā)

2. hereafter

References

• “آخرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آخرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.