جحیم

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَحِيم (jaḥīm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒa.ˈhiːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦíːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦíːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.jíːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.jím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.ɦíːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.ɦím]

Readings
Classical reading?	jahīm
Dari reading?	jahīm
Iranian reading?	jahim
Tajik reading?	jahim

Noun

جحیم • (jahim)

1. Hell

   Synonyms: جهنم (jahannam), دوزخ (duzax)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 103:

     دوزخی ملامتم شوی جنان چه سان روم
     بلک ز سوزش تنم تنگ بود جحیم را

     dōzaxī-yi malāmatam šō-yi jinān či sān rawam
     balk zi sōziš tanam tang buwad jahīm rā

     I am an inmate of the Hell of reproach! How shall I go towards Paradise?
     Rather, due to its burning, my body has become too tight for Hell.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “جحیم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim