دوزخ

From Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭱𐭧𐭥𐭩‎ (dušox, “hell”), from Old Iranian *daušaxva-, *daužaxva, from *duš-ahw-a-, from Proto-Iranian *duš-Hah-u-a-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duš-Has-u-a-, from Proto-Indo-European *dus-h₁és-u-o-, from *dus- and *h₁es-.

Cognates include Manichaean Middle Persian [Manichaean needed] (dwšx), [Manichaean needed] (dwšwx /dušox/), Pazend 𐬛𐬋𐬲𐬀𐬑‎ (dōžax), 𐬛𐬋𐬰𐬀𐬑‎ (dōzax), 𐬛𐬋𐬘𐬀𐬑‎ (dōjax), Manichaean Parthian [Manichaean needed] (dwjx /dōžax/), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬲𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (daožauua), 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬎‎ (dužaŋhu), Pashto دوغښ‎ (doǧaẍ), Northern Kurdish doje(h) (dōža(h)), dûje(h) (dūža(h)), Baluchi دوجک‎ (dōǰak), دوژه‎ (dōžē).

Compare Old Armenian դժոխ (džox, “hell”) and Georgian ჯოჯოხეთი (ǯoǯoxeti), Iranian borrowings.

• (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): /doːˈzæx/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [duːˈzæx]

دوزخ • (duzax or dôzax)

1. hell

• جهنم‎ (jahannam)

• بهشت‎ (behešt)

• دوزخی‎ (duzaxi)
• اهل دوزخ‎ (ahl-e-duzax)
• دوزخبان‎ (duzaxbân)

• Azerbaijani: duzəx / دوزخ‎
• Bengali: দোজখ (dōjakha)
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: दोज़ख़ (dozax)
  • Urdu: دوزخ‎ (dozax)
• Ottoman Turkish: دوزخ‎ (dûzah)
• Pashto: دوزخ‎ (dōzax)
• Punjabi: ਦੋਜਖ (dojakh)
• Turkmen: dowzah
• Uzbek: doʻzax

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “دوزخ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “dušox”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Borrowed from Persian دوزخ‎ (dôzax).

دوزخ • (dozax) m (Hindi spelling दोज़ख़)

1. hell, hellfire