Tower of silence in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “tower of silence” in Hindi is दखमा, pronounced dakhmā — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
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.
Calque of French tour du silence, from the fact that human voices are generally not heard at such places.
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