شمشان

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit श्मशान (śmaśāná).

Noun

شمشان • (śmaśān) ? (Hindi spelling श्मशान)

  1. crematorium
  2. burning-ground
  3. cemetery
  4. burial ground
  5. sepulchre
  6. a place where corpses are burnt or buried

Synonyms

See also
  • شمشانواسی (śmaśān-vāsī)

References
  • 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)‎
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