burning-ghat
burning-ghat noun: a flat area near the top of a river ghat where Hindus burn their dead; a funeral pyre.
Noun
burning-ghat (plural burning-ghats)
- A flat area near the top of a river ghat where Hindus burn their dead; a funeral pyre.
- Now, whether I have done thee a wrong in keeping thee from the burning-ghât, do thou and the crows settle together.1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 415
burning-ghat meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu
burning-ghat in Hindi
- burning-ghat; a cremation ground
- मरघट marghaṭ
burning-ghat in Tamil
- படுநிலம்
burning-ghat in Urdu
- burning-ghat
- مرگھٹ marghaṭ
Forms of burning-ghat
| plural | burning-ghats |
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Questions about burning-ghat
- What does burning-ghat mean?
- Burning-ghat means a flat area near the top of a river ghat where Hindus burn their dead; a funeral pyre.
- What is burning-ghat in Hindi?
- Burning-ghat in Hindi is मरघट (marghaṭ). See Burning-ghat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is burning-ghat?
- Burning-ghat is a noun.
- What is the plural of burning-ghat?
- The plural of burning-ghat is burning-ghats.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: burning-ghat (page history and authors); मरघट (Hindi) (page history and authors); burning-ghat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مرگھٹ (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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