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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌtaʊɚ‿əv ˈsaɪl(ə)ns/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌtaʊɚ‿əv ˈsaɪləns/ [General-American] Forms: towers of silence [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪləns Etymology: Calque of French tour du silence, from the fact that human voices are generally not heard at such places. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|tour du silence}} Calque of French tour du silence Head templates: {{en-noun|towers of silence}} tower of silence (plural towers of silence)
  1. (Zoroastrianism) A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary. Wikipedia link: Yazd Tower of Silence Categories (topical): Buildings, Death, Zoroastrianism Synonyms: dakhma, doongerwadi Related terms: sky burial Translations (low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate): بُرْج الصَّمْت (burj aṣ-ṣamt) [masculine] (Arabic), լռության աշտարակ (lṙutʻyan aštarak) (Armenian), dəxmə (Azerbaijani), isiltasunaren dorreak (Basque), кули на мълчанието (kuli na mǎlčanieto) (Bulgarian), дакма (dakma) (Bulgarian), torre del silenci [feminine] (Catalan), věže mlčení (Czech), silentoturo (Esperanto), vaikuse torn (Estonian), hiljaisuuden torni (Finnish), tour du silence [feminine] (French), Dachma (German), πύργος της σιωπής (pýrgos tis siopís) [masculine] (Greek), מגדלי שתיקה (Hebrew), दखमा (dakhmā) (Hindi), menara kesunyian (Indonesian), torre del silenzio [feminine] (Italian), 沈黙の塔 (chinmokunotō) (alt: ちんもくのとう) (Japanese), ダフマ (Japanese), 침묵의 탑 (chimmugui tap) (Korean), ку́ла на тиши́ната (kúla na tišínata) [feminine] (Macedonian), да́хма (dáhma) [feminine] (Macedonian), dakhma (Malay), menara bungkam (Malay), dakhma (Norwegian Bokmål), دخمه (dahme) (Ottoman Turkish), دخمه (daxme) (Persian), dakhma (Polish), wieża milczenia [feminine] (Polish), torre do silêncio [feminine] (Portuguese), башня молчания (bašnja molčanija) [feminine] (Russian), да́хма (dáxma) (Russian), tóranj šutnje [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), torre del silencio [feminine] (Spanish), dakhma (Swedish), tystnadens torn (Swedish), дахма (daxma) (Tajik), அமைதியின் கோபுரம் (amaitiyiṉ kōpuram) (Tamil), แดฆแมฮ์ (Thai), dahme (Turkish), вежа мовчання (veža movčannja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), дахме (daxme) (Ukrainian), دخمہ (daxma) (Urdu), daxma (Uzbek)

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          "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
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          "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
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          "word": "tour du silence"
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          "word": "πύργος της σιωπής"
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      "roman": "burj aṣ-ṣamt",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "بُرْج الصَّمْت"
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      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
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    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "dəxmə"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "isiltasunaren dorreak"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kuli na mǎlčanieto",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "кули на мълчанието"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dakma",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "дакма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "torre del silenci"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "věže mlčení"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "silentoturo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "vaikuse torn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "hiljaisuuden torni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tour du silence"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "Dachma"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pýrgos tis siopís",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πύργος της σιωπής"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "מגדלי שתיקה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dakhmā",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "दखमा"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "menara kesunyian"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "torre del silenzio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちんもくのとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chinmokunotō",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "沈黙の塔"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "ダフマ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chimmugui tap",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "침묵의 탑"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kúla na tišínata",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ку́ла на тиши́ната"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dáhma",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "да́хма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "dakhma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "menara bungkam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "dakhma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dahme",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "دخمه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "daxme",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "دخمه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "dakhma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wieża milczenia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "torre do silêncio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bašnja molčanija",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "башня молчания"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dáxma",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "да́хма"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tóranj šutnje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "torre del silencio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "dakhma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "tystnadens torn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "daxma",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "дахма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "amaitiyiṉ kōpuram",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "அமைதியின் கோபுரம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "แดฆแมฮ์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "dahme"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "veža movčannja",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вежа мовчання"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "daxme",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "дахме"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "daxma",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "دخمہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "low, cylindrical open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate",
      "word": "daxma"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tower of silence"
}

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