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عذاب

عذاب

Arabic

Noun

عَذَاب (ʿaḏāb) m (plural عَذَابَات (ʿaḏābāt) or أَعْذِبَة (ʾaʿḏiba))

  1. torture, torment
  2. agony, suffering, pain
    • Koran 71:1, translation by Muhammad Asad
      إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
      BEHOLD. We sent Noah unto his people. [saying:] "Warn thy people ere grievous suffering befall them!"
  3. punishment, penalty, retribution

Declension


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic عَذَاب (ʿaḏāb)

Noun

عذاب ('azâb)

  1. torture
  2. torment
  3. punishment