dakhma

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noun

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”).

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tower of silence
OriginPersian دخمه →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

noundakhma (plural dakhmas)

plural dakhmas

  1. ZoroastrianismSynonym 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”).

    Synonyms: tower of silence

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym 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”).

Similar
tower of silence
Also see
tower of silence

Origin

  1. Persianدخمه
  2. Englishdakhma

Borrowed from Persian دخمه (daxme).

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dakhma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dakhma

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“dakhma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dakhma. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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