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)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

بهشت • (behişt)

  1. paradise, heaven

Descendants

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

 

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

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)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਿਸ਼ਤ (bahiśt) (rare)
    Shahmukhi script: بَہِشْت (bahiśt)
  • Turkmen: behişt
  • Uyghur: بېھىش (bëhish)
  • Uzbek: bihisht, behisht