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serdab

The English word “serdab” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A sealed chamber in an Ancient Egyptian tomb that held the ka statue of a deceased person, having a small slit or hole to allow the soul of the deceased to move about freely.

Etymology

From Arabic سِرْدَاب (sirdāb, “basement”).

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