ختمه

xatmáKhatmaḵẖatmaʿh

ختمهnounfeminine

reading from the Koran

Meanings

  1. reading from the Koran (on the seventh or fortieth day after death)
  2. food distributed on the seventh orfortieth day of the death of a relative
  3. food distributed on the seventh or fortieth day of the death of a relative
  4. food distributed on the seventh (or fortieth) day of the death of a relative
  5. A dinner given in the name of a defunct, either on the third or seventh day, the fortieth day, or at the completion of a year, from the decease of the person
  6. food distributed on the seventh (orfortieth) day of the death of a relative

Pashto definitions

  1. دمړی په کور کې د خيرات په توګه په اوومه يا څلوېښتمه ورځ کېدونکې روټۍ، جمع ختمې
  2. په مړي باندې (پسې) د قرآن مجيد لوستل
  3. په مړي پسې تر څلوېښت شپو پوړې ډوډۍ پخول

Forms

plural
ختمې
Translations (2)
Persian
نان مرده (نانیکه بعد از دفن مرده بر روز هفتم یا چهلم خیرات می کنند) .
Russian
чтение Корана по умершем (на седьмой или сороковой день после смерти).

Etymology: Arabic