دخمہ

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See also: دخمه

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Classical Persian دخمه (daxma).

Pronunciation

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(Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪əx.mᵊ/

Noun

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دَخمَہ • (daxma) m (Hindi spelling दख़मा)

  1. a vault or tomb for the dead; a coffin
  2. (Zoroastrianism) dakhma, tower of silence

Further reading

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “دخمہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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