دخمہ

See also: دخمه

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian دخمه (daxma).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əx.mᵊ/

Noun

دَخمَہ • (daxma) m (Hindi spelling दख़मा)

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

Further reading

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