जहन्नुम

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Hindi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian جهنم (jahannam), from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam), from Hebrew גהינום (Gehennam), from גַּיא בֶּן הִנֹּם (Ge ben Hinnom, “Valley of Hinnom”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɦən.nʊm/, [d͡ʒɛ.ɦɛ̃n.nʊ̃m]

Noun[edit]

जहन्नुम • (jahannum) m (Urdu spelling جہنم)

  1. (chiefly Islam) hell, Gehenna, Jahannam
    Synonyms: (Hinduism) नरक (narak), (Zoroastrianism and Islam) दोज़ख़ (dozax)

Declension[edit]

Declension of जहन्नुम (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जहन्नुम
jahannum 		जहन्नुम
jahannum
oblique जहन्नुम
jahannum 		जहन्नुमों
jahannumõ
vocative जहन्नुम
jahannum 		जहन्नुमो
jahannumo

References[edit]

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