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عذاب

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Root
ع ذ ب (ʕ ḏ b)
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    عَذَاب (ʕaḏābm

    1. torture, torment, punishment
      Antonym: رَحْمَة (raḥma)
      • 7th century CE, The Quran[1]:
        إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
        ʔinnā ʔarsalnā nūḥan ʔilā qawmihi ʔan ʔanḏir qawmaka min qabli ʔan yaʔtiyahum ʕaḏābun ʔalīmun
        Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 88:23-24:
        إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ / فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ
        ʔillā man tawallā wakafara / fayuʕaḏḏibuhu l-lahu al-ʕaḏāba al-ʔakbara
        But whoso is averse and disbelieveth, Allah will punish him with direst punishment.
    2. torment, agony, suffering, pain
      Antonym: نَعِيم (naʕīm)

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    Persian

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      Borrowed from Arabic عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb).

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      Readings
      Classical reading? azāḇ
      Dari reading? azāb
      Iranian reading? azâb
      Tajik reading? azob

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      عذاب (azâb)

      1. torture
      2. torment
      3. punishment

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      Urdu

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        Borrowed from Classical Persian عَذَاب (azāb), borrowed from Arabic عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb).

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        عذاب ('azābm (Hindi spelling अज़ाब)

        1. torture
        2. torment
        3. punishment
        4. doom

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        Ushojo

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          Borrowed from Urdu عَذَاب ('azāb).

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          عذاب ('azāb)

          1. torture
          2. torment
          3. punishment
          4. doom