English Explanatory Dictionary

shadirvan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fountain for ablutions, usually attached to a mosque.

Word forms

shadirvan shadirvans

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شادروان (şadırvan), from Classical Persian شَادُرْوَان (šādurwān), from Middle Persian šʾtʾwlwʾn' (/⁠šādurwān⁠/, “dais, platform; basin, pond, fountain”).

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