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sarcophagus in Persian

تابوتدان tâbut-dân

/sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs/US/sɑɹˈkɑfəɡəs/

sarcophagus in Persian: تابوتدان (tâbut-dân). In English, sarcophagus means a stonen coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.

Persian words for sarcophagus

stone coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture
تابوتدان tâbut-dân

English meaning of sarcophagus

  1. noun A stonen coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.
  2. noun The cement and steel structure that encases the destroyed nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
  3. noun A type of wine cooler (“a piece of equipment used to keep wine chilled”) shaped like a sarcophagus (sense 1).
  4. noun A kind of limestone used by the Ancient Greeks for coffins, so called because it was thought to consume the flesh of corpses.

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Questions about sarcophagus in Persian

What is the meaning of sarcophagus in Persian?
Sarcophagus in Persian is تابوتدان (tâbut-dân).
معنی sarcophagus چیست؟
Sarcophagus: تابوتدان (tâbut-dân).
What does sarcophagus mean in English?
Sarcophagus means a stonen coffin, often with its exterior inscribed, or decorated with sculpture.

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