दोज़ख़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوزخ (dōzax).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪oː.zəx/, [d̪oː.zɐx], /d̪oː.d͡ʒəkʰ/, [d̪oː.d͡ʒɐkʰ]

Noun

दोज़ख़ • (dozax) m (Urdu spelling دوزَخ)

  1. (religion, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Islam) hell, hellfire
  2. (figurative) the stomach (especially one that is hungry), an empty stomach, belly
  3. (Islam) Nafs-e-Ammara (the human inclination or ego towards sin)

Declension

Declension of दोज़ख़ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दोज़ख़
dozax 		दोज़ख़
dozax
oblique दोज़ख़
dozax 		दोज़ख़ों
dozaxõ
vocative दोज़ख़
dozax 		दोज़ख़ो
dozaxo

References

  • Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022), “दोज़ख़”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
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