dargah

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dargah

  • /ˈdɜː(ɹ)ɡɑː/
  • /ˈdɑː(ɹ)ɡɑː/

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From Hindustani درگاہ / दरगाह (dargāh), from Classical Persian درگاه (dargāh). See also English eidgah.

noun dargahs · durgah · durgaw

  1. South Asia A shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure. If not for the fakir's dargah the village might well have melted back into the mud, its inhabitants not being the kind of people to tarry long in one place […].

    Similar: maqam

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noun an Islamic shrine

हिन्दीदरगाह dargāh
Русскийдарга́х dargáx
العربيةدَرْكَاه darkāh

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@misc{dargah_2026,
  title = {dargah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dargah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}