köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian جهنم (jahannam), from Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam), from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (gēhinnōm), from גֵּיא בֶן הִנֹּם (gē ḇen hinnōm, “valley of the son of Hinom”).
köken: Etymology tree Aramaic גֵּיהִנָּםbor. Ge'ez ገሀነም (gähänäm)influ. Arabic جَهَنَّم (jahannam)bor. Classical Persian جَهَنَّم (jahannam)bor. Urdu جَہَنَّم Borrowed from Classical Persian جَهَنَّم (jahannam). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi جہنم (jhnm /jahannam/).