Dictionary

dargah en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɑː(ɹ)ɡɑː/
• /ˈdɜː(ɹ)ɡɑː/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (South-Asia) A shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure.
   • 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 […]. 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 61:
   • But beyond the dargah, and the medieval warren in which it sits, north India's present-day politics can be a good deal less accommodating of religious diversity. 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 86:

Forms

Synonyms

maqam

Translations (19)

az dərgah (an Islamic shrine) · ar دَرْكَاه (an Islamic shrine) · fa-ira دَرْگاه (an Islamic shrine) · hi दरगाह (an Islamic shrine) · bn দরগাহ (an Islamic shrine) · tr dergah (an Islamic shrine) · ug دەرگاھ (an Islamic shrine) · uz dargoh (an Islamic shrine) · id dargah (an Islamic shrine) · ota دركاه (an Islamic shrine) · gu દરગાહ (an Islamic shrine) · mwr दरगा (an Islamic shrine) · te దర్గా (an Islamic shrine) · ru дарга́х (an Islamic shrine) · prs دَرْگَاه (an Islamic shrine) · mk да́рга (an Islamic shrine) · tg даргоҳ (an Islamic shrine) · fa-cls دَرْگَاه (an Islamic shrine) · ur دَرْگاہ (an Islamic shrine)