بهشت

See also: بہشت

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهشت

Noun

بهشت • (behişt or bẹhişt or bihişt)

1. (religion) synonym of اوچمق (uçmaq, “paradise, heaven”)

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: behişt
• Ottoman Turkish: بهشت (behişt)
  • Turkish: behişt

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بهشت (behişt), from Persian بهشت (behešt).

Noun

بهشت • (behişt)

1. paradise, heaven

Descendants

• Turkish: behişt

Persian

Alternative forms

• گهیشت (gahīšt) (obsolete, dialectal, Sistan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (wahišt); see there for more. Cognate with Northern Talysh وییشت (vaiišt) and Baluchi گْوَهِشت (gwahišt, “heaven”). Compare Gujarati વહિશ્ત (vahiśt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /bi.ˈhiʃt/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [be̞.ɦɪ́ʃt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [be̞.ɦɪ́ʃt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɪɪ́ʃt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [biíʃt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [be.ɦéʃt̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bi.ɦíʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	bihišt
Dari reading?	behišt
Iranian reading?	behešt
Tajik reading?	bihišt

Noun

بهشت • (bihišt / behešt) (Tajik spelling биҳишт)

1. paradise, heaven

   Synonym: جَنَّت (jannat)

   Antonyms: دوزَخ (dōzax / duzax), جَهَنَّم (jahannam)

Derived terms

• بِهِشْتِی (bihištī / behešti)

Descendants

• Iranian Persian: بِهِشْت (behešt)
• Dari: بِهِشْت (bihišt)
• Tajik: биҳишт (bihišt)
• → Bengali: বেহেশ্ত (beheśt), বেহেশত (beheśt(ō)), বেহেস্ত (behest(ō)), বেহেসত (behest(ō)), বিহিশ্‌ত (bihiśt(ō)), বিহিশত (bihiśt(ō)), ভেস্ত (bhestō) — dated or dialectal
• → Gujarati: બહિશ્ત (bahiśt), બિહિશ્ત (bihiśt)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: बहिश्त (bahiśt), बिहिश्त (bihiśt) (rare)

  Urdu: بَہِشْت (bahiśt), بِہِشْت (bihiśt)

• → Kazakh: бейіш (beiış), пейіш (peiış)
• → Kyrgyz: бейиш (beyiş)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: بهشت (behişt)
  • Azerbaijani: behişt
  • Ottoman Turkish: بهشت (behişt)
    • Turkish: behişt
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਿਸ਼ਤ (bahiśt) (rare)

  Shahmukhi script: بَہِشْت (bahiśt)

• → Turkmen: behişt
• → Uyghur: بېھىش (bëhish)
• → Uzbek: bihisht, behisht