بہشت
See also: بهشت
Urdu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian بِهِشْت (bihišt), from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (wahišt). First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi بِہِشْت (bhśt). Compare Bengali বেহেশ্ত (beheśto). Doublet of بَسِیٹھ (basīṭh).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /bə.ɦɪʃt̪/, /bɪ.ɦɪʃt̪/
- Rhymes: -ɪʃt̪
- Hyphenation: بِ‧ہِشْت
Noun
editبَہِشْت or بِہِشْت • (bahiśt or bihiśt) f (Hindi spelling बहिश्त) (literary)
- paradise, heaven – Synonym of جَنَّت (jannat)
- مرزا غالب (Mirzā Ghālib) :
- سنتے ہیں جو بہشت کی تعریف سب درست
لیکن خدا کرے، وہ ترا جلوہ گاہ ہو- sunte ha͠i jo bahiśt kī tārīf sab durust
lekin xudā kare voh tirā jalvā gāh ho
- sunte ha͠i jo bahiśt kī tārīf sab durust
- سنتے ہیں جو بہشت کی تعریف سب درست
Declension
editDeclension of بہشت | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | بِہِشْت (bihiśt) | بِہِشْتیں (bihiśtẽ) |
oblique | بِہِشْت (bihiśt) | بِہِشْتوں (bihiśtõ) |
vocative | بِہِشْت (bihiśt) | بِہِشْتو (bihiśto) |
Further reading
edit- “بہشت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “بہشت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بہشت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “بہثت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “بـﮩشت”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “بـﮩشت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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