شمشان
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]