Jahannam

English

Alternative forms

• Jehannum

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam). Doublet of Gehenna and Gehinnom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈhæ.nəm/, /d͡ʒəˈhɑ.nəm/

Proper noun

Jahannam

1. (Islam) Islamic concept of hell, where unfaithful Muslims not true to their religion will be punished, but will eventually be forgiven.

Related terms

• Jannah
• Zaqqum

 

Translations

Islamic concept of hell

• Arabic: جَهَنَّم f (jahannam)
• Azerbaijani: cəhənnəm (az)
• Bashkir: йәһәннәм (yəhənnəm)
• Bengali: জাহান্নাম (bn) (jahannam)
• French: Jahannam m
• German: Dschahannam
• Gujarati: જહન્નમ n (jahannam)
• Hindi: जहन्नम (hi) m (jahannam), जहन्नुम (hi) m (jahannum)
• Indonesian: jahanam (id)
• Kazakh: жаһаннам (jahannam)
• Malay: jahanam, neraka jahanam
• Maranao: Diyohanam
• Persian: جهنم (fa) (jahannam)
• Portuguese: Geena f
• Rohingya: jáhannam
• Russian: джаха́ннам (ru) m (džaxánnam), джаханна́м (ru) m (džaxannám)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: џехенем m

  Roman: džehenem (sh) m

• Spanish: Yahannam
• Tajik: ҷаҳаннам (tg) (jahannam)
• Tatar: җәһәннәм (tt) (cähännäm)
• Turkish: cehennem (tr)
• Urdu: جہنم m (jahannam)