tour du silence
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuʁ dy si.lɑ̃s/
Noun
tour du silence f (plural tours du silence)
- (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)