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barzakh

barzakh noun: a place separating the living from the hereafter; a phase between death and resurrection.

Noun

barzakh (uncountable)

  1. A place separating the living from the hereafter; a phase between death and resurrection.

Origin of barzakh

Borrowed from Arabic بَرْزَخ (barzaḵ).

Questions about barzakh

What does barzakh mean?
Barzakh means a place separating the living from the hereafter; a phase between death and resurrection.
What part of speech is barzakh?
Barzakh is a noun.

Words near barzakh in the dictionary

  1. barytones
  2. barytonesis
  3. barytons
  4. barytum
  5. Baryulgil
  6. barzakh
  7. Barzan
  8. Barzillai
  9. barzoi
  10. Barzunian
  11. Barça

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