dargah

British

/ ˈdɜːɡɑː /

noun

the tomb of a Muslim saint; a Muslim shrine

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Etymology

Origin of dargah

Persian

Example Sentences

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Linforth found himself upon a balcony overhanging a great ditch between the Dargah and Taragarh Hill.

From The Broken Road by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

Within the walls of the city the great Dargah Mosque, with its shrine of pilgrimage and its ancient rites, lies close against the foot of the Taragarh Hill.

From The Broken Road by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

Irwin informs me that the Dargah is situated on the Crommelin Road, rather more than a mile south-west of the Machhi Bhawan fort.

From Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society by Crooke, William

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