Definition of "ziarat" []

• An Islamic shrine (noun)

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• "On page 184 the word ziarat appears twice with a macron (straight line), over the 'a' and has been formated for this version without the macron."
• "A village some three miles below Gulmarg; the ziarat is named after a rishi, or ascetic, of the sixteenth century."
• "Babamarishi is a picturesquely-grouped collection of the usual rickety-looking wooden huts, no dirtier, but perhaps noisier than usual, owing to the presence of a very holy ziarat much frequented by loudly conversational devotees."