شمشان
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit श्मशान (śmaśāná).
Noun
[edit]شمشان • (śmaśān) ? (Hindi spelling श्मशान)
- crematorium
- burning-ground
- cemetery
- burial ground
- sepulchre
- a place where corpses are burnt or buried
Synonyms
[edit]- (less common) مرگھٹ (marghaṭ)
See also
[edit]- شمشانواسی (śmaśān-vāsī)
References
[edit]- John T. Platts (2012 August 18 (last accessed)) “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]