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tomb meaning in Nepali

चिहान

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tomb in Nepali: चिहान, मकबरा. In English, tomb means a small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.

Nepali words for tomb

चिहान, मकबरा

English meaning of tomb

  1. noun A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
  2. noun A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
  3. noun One who keeps secrets.
  4. noun Death (literary).

Full definition of tomb

tomb in a sentence

  • I'll go to the tomb unrepentant.

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Questions about tomb in Nepali

What is the meaning of tomb in Nepali?
Tomb in Nepali is चिहान, मकबरा.
tomb को नेपाली अर्थ के हो?
Tomb: चिहान, मकबरा.
What does tomb mean in English?
Tomb means a small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.

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Nepali words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “tomb”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: tomb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Nepali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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