Dakhma
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dakhma is a noun meaning (Zoroastrianism) Synonym of tower of silence (“a low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary”).
Meaning
(Zoroastrianism) Synonym of tower of silence (“a low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary”).
Word Forms
- dakhmas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include doongerwadi, dikka, dastoor, destoor, dahshala, dustoor.
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