مینارا

mīnārā= P مینار mīnār[fr. A. manār, by imāla;—mīnārā= P. mīnāra= A. manārat], s.m. A tower, turret, steeple, spire, minaret; a pillar, column, an obelisk;—a boundary-pillar; a mile-stone;—(met., in the language of women, and corr. to munārā) a burden (as an unmarried daughter).