مرگھٹ
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Compounded from مرا (marā, “dead”) + گھاٹ (ghāṭ, “area close to a body of water”)
Noun edit
مرگھٹ • (marghaṭ) m (Hindi spelling मरघट)
- burning-ghat
- cremation ground
- A place where Hindus burn their dead
Synonyms edit
- (more common) شمشان (śmaśān)
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]