Definitions for dakhma

dakhma dakh·ma

Spelling: [dahk-muh]
IPA: /ˈdɑk mə/

Dakhma is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in dakhma (aadhkm).

Definitions for dakhma

noun

  1. tower of silence.

Origin of dakhma

1860-65; Persian; Middle Persian dakhmak, Avestan daxma- funeral site

Examples for dakhma

When this point has been reached, the dakhma should be levelled.

The kinspeople follow the corpse in silence to within ninety paces of the dakhma.

Great care is taken at the erection of a dakhma that the rain-water can run off from the bier of the corpse.

As soon as the ceremony was over, we were led into another building, where a model of the dakhma was to be seen.

Having deposited it in an iron coffin—the same for everyone—they carry it to the dakhma.

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