جحيم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج ح م (j-ḥ-m); compare جَحُمَ (jaḥuma, (intransitive) to burn).

Noun

جَحِيم (jaḥīm) f

  1. inferno, large fire
    Synonym: سَعِير (saʿīr)
  2. A place or situation of great suffering in life
    صَارَتْ حَيَاتُهُ جَحِيمًا
    ṣārat ḥayātuhu jaḥīman
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  3. An extremely hot place
  4. (religion) hell
    Synonym: سَعِير (saʿīr)

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References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), جحيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Mu`jam al-Lughah al-Arabiyyah al-Mu`aasirah by Ahmad Mukhtar Umar (d. 2003 CE) معجم اللغة العربية المعاصرة لأحمد مختار عمر
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