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{
"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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