দোজখ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• দোজক (dōjok)
• দোযখ (dōjokh)
• দুযখ (dujokh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوزخ (dōzax), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭱𐭧𐭥𐭩 (dušox), from earlier [Inscriptional Pahlavi needed] (dušahw⁠), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *dušHáhuš (literally “bad existence”). Compare Hindustani دوزخ / दोज़ख़ (dozax), Old Hindi दोजग (dojaga), Gujarati દોજખ (dojakh) Punjabi ਦੋਜਖ (dojakh) / دوزَخ (dozax), Old Punjabi ਦੋਜਕੁ (dojaku), Pashto دوغښ (doǧaẍ), Baluchi دوجک (dōǰak) / دوږخ (doẓax), Chechen жоьжахати (žöžaxati), Azerbaijani duzəx, Gurani دۆزەخ (dōzax), Ushojo دوزخ (dōzax), Kazakh дозақ (dozaq), Central Kurdish دۆزەخ (dozex), Southern Kurdish دووزەخ (dûzex), Ottoman Turkish دوزخ (dûzah), Uyghur دوزاخ (dozax), Pashto دوزخ (dōzax) / دوږخ (doẓax), Turkmen dowzah, Uzbek doʻzax.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪od͡ʒokʰ/, [ˈd̪od͡ʒok], [ˈd̪od͡ʒox]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪odʑokʰ/, [ˈd̪odʑok], [ˈd̪odʑox]

Noun

দোজখ • (dōjokh)

1. hell

   Synonyms: জাহান্নাম (jahannam), নরক (norok), পাতাল (patal), নিরয় (niroẏ)

   Antonym: বেহেশ্ত (beheśt)

   দোজখে যাওয়ার ইচ্ছা কারর নাই।

   dōjokhe jaōẇar iccha karor nai.

   No one wants to go to hell.

   (literally, “No one has the wish to go to hell.”)

Inflection

Inflection of দোজখ
nominative	দোজখ dōjokh
objective	দোজখ / দোজখকে dōjokh (semantically general or indefinite) / dōjokhke (semantically definite)
genitive	দোজখের dōjokher
locative	দোজখে dōjokhe
	Indefinite forms
nominative	দোজখ dōjokh
objective	দোজখ / দোজখকে dōjokh (semantically general or indefinite) / dōjokhke (semantically definite)
genitive	দোজখের dōjokher
locative	দোজখে dōjokhe
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	দোজখটা , দোজখটি dōjokhṭa (colloquial), dōjokhṭi (formal)		দোজখগুলা, দোজখগুলো dōjokhgula (colloquial), dōjokhgulo (formal)
objective	দোজখটা, দোজখটি dōjokhṭa (colloquial), dōjokhṭi (formal)		দোজখগুলা, দোজখগুলো dōjokhgula (colloquial), dōjokhgulo (formal)
genitive	দোজখটার, দোজখটির dōjokhṭar (colloquial), dōjokhṭir (formal)		দোজখগুলার, দোজখগুলোর dōjokhgular (colloquial), dōjokhgulor (formal)
locative	দোজখটাতে / দোজখটায়, দোজখটিতে dōjokhṭate / dōjokhṭay (colloquial), dōjokhṭite (formal)		দোজখগুলাতে / দোজখগুলায়, দোজখগুলোতে dōjokhgulate / dōjokhgulay (colloquial), dōjokhgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).