dargah means A shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure. It carries an Arena rating of 1387, earned across 58 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, dargah ranks #967 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words, #1,940 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #3,931 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #4,192 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words.
dargah is pronounced /ˈdɜː(ɹ)ɡɑː/.
Why “dargah” is a great word
DARGĀH — [Noun] A shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered Muslim saint, particularly a Sufi, serving as a focal point for pilgrimage and veneration. From Hindustani درگاہ / दरगाह (dargāh), from Classical Persian درگاه (dargāh), meaning 'portal, threshold, court'. Unlike a mosque, a house of prescribed, communal prayer, or a mausoleum, a stately, often secular tomb, a dargah is a living threshold where the divine is sought through a beloved intermediary. It is the scent of rose petals and incense on cool marble, the low murmur of qawwali hymns rising into the dusk, and the tactile press of countless hands on a silk-draped cenotaph—a geography of hope drawn around a simple grave, a doorway in the wall between the mundane and the merciful.
Etymology
From Hindustani درگاہ / दरगाह (dargāh), from Classical Persian درگاه (dargāh). See also English eidgah.
noun
- A shrine associated with the grave of a Muslim saint or similar religious figure.e.g.“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:
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