عذاب

• IPA^(key): /ʕa.ðaːb/

عَذَاب • (ʕaḏāb) m

1. torture, torment, punishment

   Antonym: رَحْمَة (raḥma)

   • 7th century CE, The Quran‎^[1]:

     إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

     ʔinnā ʔarsalnā nūḥan ʔilā qawmihi ʔan ʔanḏir qawmaka min qabli ʔan yaʔtiyahum ʕaḏābun ʔalīmun

     Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 88:23-24:

     إِلَّا مَن تَوَلَّىٰ وَكَفَرَ / فَيُعَذِّبُهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ الْأَكْبَرَ

     ʔillā man tawallā wakafara / fayuʕaḏḏibuhu l-lahu al-ʕaḏāba al-ʔakbara

     But whoso is averse and disbelieveth, Allah will punish him with direst punishment.

2. torment, agony, suffering, pain

   Antonym: نَعِيم (naʕīm)

Borrowed from Arabic عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb).

عذاب • (azâb)

1. torture
2. torment
3. punishment

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَذَاب (azāb), borrowed from Arabic عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ə.zɑːb/

عذاب • ('azāb) m (Hindi spelling अज़ाब)

1. torture
2. torment
3. punishment
4. doom

• → Phalura: azaáb
• → Ushojo: عذاب

Borrowed from Urdu عَذَاب ('azāb).

عذاب ('azāb)

1. torture
2. torment
3. punishment
4. doom