Urdu

Noun

شمشان • ‎(śmaśān) ? ‎(Hindi spelling श्मशान)

1. crematorium
2. burning-ground
3. cemetery
4. burial ground
5. sepulchre
6. a place where corpses are burnt or buried

Synonyms

• (less common) مرگھٹ ‎(marghaṭ)

See also

• شمشانواسی ‎(śmaśān-vāsī)

References

• John T. Platts (accessed 08-18-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)