suttee
Kelime Anlamı :

1. kadının ölen kocasıyla beraber yakılması.
2. sati.
3. eski bir Hint geleneğine göre bir kadının kocasının naaşı ile beraber yakılması.
4. (isim) kadının ölen kocasıyla beraber yakılması (hint).
5. kadının ölen kocasıyla beraber yakılması (hint).
6. bu geleneğe göre yakılan kadın.
Tanımlar :
1. the now illegal act or practice of a hindu widow's cremating herself on her husband's funeral pyre in order to fulfill her true role as wife.
2. A widow who commits such an act.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. the custom and/or act of a hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion to her late spouse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character.
2. the act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A hindu widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile, either with the body of her husband, or separately if he died at a distance.
2. the voluntary self-immolation of hindu widows on the funeral pile of their husbands according to a Brahmanical rite.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. the act of a hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.