单词 | dakhma |
释义 | ‖ dakhma|ˈdɑːkmə| Also dokhma. [Pers.] A tower of silence (see silence n. 2 c).
1865[see silence n. 2 c]. 1908Westm. Gaz. 4 Aug. 10/1 Neither God is pleased nor the dead are benefited by a showy expenditure on a Dokhma. 1912H. G. Rawlinson Bactria iii. 40 Alexander promptly ordered the dakhmas, or Towers of Silence, to be closed. 1957Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 989/1 The dead..are to be left on the appointed places (dakhmas) and exposed to the vultures and wild dogs. |

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