ziarat

English

Etymology

From Urdu زیارت.

Pronunciation

Noun

ziarat (plural ziarats)

  1. (chiefly Baluchistan) An Islamic shrine
    • 1891, Harry De Windt, A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán‎[1]:
      On the wedding-day the bridegroom, gorgeously arrayed, and mounted on his best horse or camel, proceeds with his friends to a "ziarat," or shrine, there to implore a blessing […] .
    • 1908, G. J. Younghusband, The Story of the Guides‎[2]:
      Palmer […] was only saved by the opportune appearance of these two men, who enabled him to get back to the shelter of the ziarat in safety.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ziˈarat/ [ziˈa.rat̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -arat
  • Syllabification: zi‧a‧rat

Noun

ziarat (plural ziarat-ziarat)

  1. nonstandard form of ziarah

Verb

ziarat

  1. nonstandard form of ziarah
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