▪ I. mazar
obs. form of mazard n.2, mazer.
▪ II. ‖ mazar, n.
(məˈzɑː(r))
Freq. Mazar.
[Arab. mazār place which one visits, f. zāra to visit.]
A Muslim tomb, esp. one revered as a shrine.
| 1900 G. Bell Let. 4 May (1927) I. vi. 93, I went first to a Mazar close to my tent—a Mazar is generally the tomb of a saint or a sheikh. 1975 Bangladesh Observer 27 July 1/2 The Agriculture Minister Mr Abdus Samad and State Minister for Commerce Dewan Farid Gazi placed floral wreaths at the mazar of the deceased. 1979 Morning News (Karachi) 24 May 3/4 An exquisite silver embroidered velvet green ‘Chadar’..will be flown..from Lahore for laying at the Mazar of Hazrat Khwaja Moeenuddin Chishti. 1988 Times of India 23 Feb. i. 3/6 The Vice-President..today led various dignitaries in offering ‘fatiha’ to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad at his mazar in Jama Masjid here on his 30th death anniversary. |