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hearth in Persian

گلخن golxan

UK/ˈhɑːθ//ˈhɑɹθ/

hearth in Persian: گلخن (golxan), اجاق (ojâq). In English, hearth means the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.

Persian words for hearth

floor of fireplace
گلخن golxan, اجاق ojâq

English meaning of hearth

  1. noun The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
  2. noun A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven.
  3. noun A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
  4. noun The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.

Full definition of hearth

hearth in a sentence

  • cooking on an open hearth

hearth in other languages

Questions about hearth in Persian

What is the meaning of hearth in Persian?
Hearth in Persian is گلخن (golxan), اجاق (ojâq).
معنی hearth چیست؟
Hearth: گلخن (golxan), اجاق (ojâq).
What does hearth mean in English?
Hearth means the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.

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