English Explanatory Dictionary

Chilminar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins.

Word forms

Chilminar Chelminar Tchelminar Chihil Minar Chil Minar Chehel Menar Chelmenar Chel Menar Cheminar Techelminar

Etymology

From Spanish Chilminara in the French translation of De Silva Figueroa's account of his travels in Persia from 1617 to 1619, from Persian چهل منار (čehel menâr, “ruins of Persepolis”), from چهل (čehel, “forty”) + منار (menâr, “minarets”), from the appearance of the ruins.

Synonyms

Persepolis particularly its modern ruins
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