Chilminar
Chilminar proper noun: synonym of Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins.
Proper noun
Chilminar
- Synonym of Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins.
- CHILMINAR, Chelminar, or Tchelminar, the moſt beautiful piece of architecture remaining of all antiquity, being the ruins of the famous palace of Perſepolis, to which Alexander the Great, in a drunken fit, ſet fire, at the inſtigation of Thais the courtezan...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183
- Synonyms:
- Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins
Synonyms of Chilminar
- Persepolis
- particularly its modern ruins
Forms of Chilminar
| alternative form | Chelminar |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Tchelminar |
| alternative form | Chihil Minar |
| alternative form | Chil Minar |
| alternative form | Chehel Menar |
| alternative form | Chelmenar |
| alternative form | Chel Menar |
| alternative form | Cheminar |
| alternative form | Techelminar |
Origin of Chilminar
From Spanish Chilminara in the French translation of De Silva Figueroa's account of his travels in Persia from 1617 to 1619, from Persian چهل منار (čehel menâr, “ruins of Persepolis”), from چهل (čehel, “forty”) + منار (menâr, “minarets”), from the appearance of the ruins.
Questions about Chilminar
- What does Chilminar mean?
- Chilminar means synonym of Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins.
- What part of speech is Chilminar?
- Chilminar is a proper noun.
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