tour du silence

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tuʁ dy si.lɑ̃s/

Noun

tour du silence f (plural tours du silence)

  1. (Zoroastrianism) tower of silence (low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds)

Descendants
  • → English: tower of silence (calque)
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