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pyre meaning in Punjabi

ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ śamśān

/ˈpaɪɚ/

pyre in Punjabi: ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ (śamśān). In English, pyre means a funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

Punjabi words for pyre

pyre
ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ śamśān

English meaning of pyre

  1. noun A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
  2. noun Any heap or pile of combustibles.

Full definition of pyre

pyre in a sentence

  • The villagers built a funeral pyre to honor their dead.
  • The effigy was set ablaze on the pyre.
  • Flames rose high from the pyre in the night sky.

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Questions about pyre in Punjabi

What is the meaning of pyre in Punjabi?
Pyre in Punjabi is ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ (śamśān).
pyre ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Pyre: ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ (śamśān).
What does pyre mean in English?
Pyre means a funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.

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Punjabi words from Wiktionary's Punjabi entries whose English meaning is “pyre”: ਸ਼ਮਸ਼ਾਨ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pyre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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