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durgah

durgah is the alternative form of dargah.

Meaning of dargah

Noun

dargah (plural dargahs)

  1. (South-Asia) A shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure.
    • If not for the fakir's dargah the village might well have melted back into the mud, its inhabitants not being the kind of people to tarry long in one place […].2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 61
    Synonyms:
    maqam

Forms of durgah

pluraldurgahs

Questions about durgah

What is durgah the alternative form of?
Durgah is the alternative form of dargah.

Words near durgah in the dictionary

  1. Durflingers
  2. durfs
  3. Durg
  4. Durga
  5. Durga Puja
  6. durgah
  7. durgahs
  8. durgan
  9. durgans
  10. durgaw
  11. durgaws

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