The Islamic word for heaven, Jannah, is derived from the Jewish term Gan Eden, and the word for hell, Jahannam, is derived from the Jewish term Gehinnom.
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Jahannam
//d͡ʒəˈhæ.nəm//
Synonyms for "jahannam" (2 found)
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27 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جَهَنَّم name (Islamic concept of hell)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- cəhənnəm name (Islamic concept of hell)
Bashkir
1 entries- йәһәннәм name (Islamic concept of hell)
Bengali
1 entries- জাহান্নাম name (Islamic concept of hell)
French
1 entries- Jahannam name (Islamic concept of hell)
Gagauz
1 entries- cendem name (Islamic concept of hell)
German
1 entries- Dschahannam name (Islamic concept of hell)
Gujarati
1 entries- જહન્નમ name (Islamic concept of hell)
Hindi
2 entries- जहन्नम name (Islamic concept of hell)
- जहन्नुम name (Islamic concept of hell)
Indonesian
1 entries- jahanam name (Islamic concept of hell)
Kazakh
1 entries- жаһаннам name (Islamic concept of hell)
Malay
2 entries- jahanam name (Islamic concept of hell)
- neraka jahanam name (Islamic concept of hell)
Maranao
1 entries- Diyohanam name (Islamic concept of hell)
Persian
1 entries- جهنم name (Islamic concept of hell)
Portuguese
1 entries- Geena name (Islamic concept of hell)
Rohingya
1 entries- jáhannam name (Islamic concept of hell)
Russian
2 entries- джаха́ннам name (Islamic concept of hell)
- джаханна́м name (Islamic concept of hell)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- džehenem name (Islamic concept of hell)
- џехенем name (Islamic concept of hell)
Spanish
1 entries- Yahannam name (Islamic concept of hell)
Tajik
1 entries- ҷаҳаннам name (Islamic concept of hell)
Tatar
1 entries- җәһәннәм name (Islamic concept of hell)
Turkish
1 entries- cehennem name (Islamic concept of hell)
Urdu
1 entries- جہنم name (Islamic concept of hell)
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