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برزخ

برزخ

Arabic

Noun

بَرْزَخ (barzaḵ) m (plural بَرَازِخ (barāziḵ))

  1. separation, partition
    • Qur'an 55:20
      بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌۭ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ
      baynahumā barzaḵun lā yabġiyāni
      Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses.
  2. (Islam) barzakh
  3. (geography) isthmus

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian *barzaxw, from Old Iranian *barzaxva-, from *barz-ahw-a-, literally means "high world".

Noun

برزخ (barzax)

  1. (Islam) barzakh
  2. limbo
  3. purgatory