जहन्नुम
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- जहन्नम (jahannam)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian جهنم (jahannam), from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam), from Hebrew גהינום (Gehennam), from גַּיא בֶּן הִנֹּם (Ge ben Hinnom, “Valley of Hinnom”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editजहन्नुम • (jahannum) m (Urdu spelling جہنم)
Declension
editDeclension of जहन्नुम (masc cons-stem)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जहन्नुम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press