दोजग
Old Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian دوزخ (dôzax), from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭥𐭱𐭧𐭥𐭩 (dwšḥwy /dušox/). Compare Old Punjabi ਦੋਜਕੁ (dojaku).
Noun
दोजग (dojaga)
- hell
- Synonym: नरक (naraka)
Descendants
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: दोज़ख़ (dozax)
- Urdu: دوزَخ (dozax)
Further reading
- Jaroslav Strnad, Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, 2013, OCLC 853683653, page 540
- Dāsa, Śyamāsundara, “दोजग”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, 1965–1975.