Dargah

//ˈdɜː(ɹ)ɡɑː// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure. South-Asia

    "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 […]."

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maqam

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"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 […]."

Etymology

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

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