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جهنام

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to names and descriptions of depth or remoteness. It appears as a proper name, a nickname, the name of a horse, and a descriptive term for a deep well, which is the origin of the name for Hell.

Derived headwords

جَهَنَّامname
  1. 1.
    Nicknameclassical

    A nickname belonging to Al-A'sha, the famous pre-Islamic poet.

جَهَنَّامname
  1. 1.
    Proper nameclassical

    A proper name for 'Amr ibn Qatn.

جَهَنَّامname
  1. 1.
    Horse's nameclassical

    The name of a horse belonging to Qays ibn Hassan.

جَهَنَّامadjective
  1. 1.
    Deepclassical

    Describing a well that is deep or far down.

جَهَنَّمname
  1. 1.
    Hellboth

    The name of Hell, derived from the description of a deep well.

Parallel reading

جهنام، بضم الجيم والهاء: تابعة الأعشى
Jahannam, with damma on the jim and ha: a follower of Al-A'sha.
ولقب عمرو بن قطن
And a nickname of 'Amr ibn Qatn.
ويكسر: فرس قيس بن حسان
And with kasra: the horse of Qays ibn Hassan.
وركية جهنام، مثلثة الجيم
And a deep well, with the jim having three vowelizations.
وجهنم، كعملس: بعيدة القعر
And Jahannam, like 'amalass: far in depth.
وبه سميت جهنم، أعاذنا الله تعالى منها
And by this it was named Jahannam, may Allah the Almighty protect us from it.