Chilminar

English Alternative forms en Chelminar Tchelminar Chihil Minar Chil Minar Chehel Menar Chelmenar Chel Menar Cheminar Techelminar Etymology From en es Chilminara in the en fr - translation of De Silva Figueroa's account of his travels in Persia from 1617 to 1619, from en fa چهل منار ruins of Persepolis čehel menâr, from fa چهل forty čehel + fa منار minarets menâr, from the appearance of the ruins. Proper noun en historical obsolete en Persepolis, particularly its modern ruins. en 1771 Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed. II 183 CHILMINAR, Chelminar, or Tchelminar, the moſt beautiful piece of architecture remaining of all antiquity, being the ruins of the famous palace of Perſepolis, to which Alexander the Great, in a drunken fit, ſet fire, at the inſtigation of Thais the courtezan... Further reading