Definition
Carved stones placed at the head of a grave to mark where a dead person is buried and often showing their name and dates.
Etymology
From 'head' (top of the grave) plus 'stone' (the material). The practice dates back thousands of years across many cultures to mark burial sites.
Kelly Says
Headstones are like permanent name tags for the dead—without them, people could disappear from history. Some of the oldest headstones are in Europe, where stones were expensive and meant you had to be important or wealthy.
Translations
ARالعربية
أحجار القبر
aḥjār al-qabr
CACatalà
esteles
es-te-les
CSČeština
náhrobky
nah-roh-bky
DADansk
gravsteder
gravs-ted-er
DEDeutsch
Grabsteine
grabs-tayn
ELΕλληνικά
ναυάγιο
na-va-gi-o
ESEspañol
lápidas
la-pee-das
FISuomi
hautakivit
hau-ta-ki-vit
FRFrançais
pierres tombales
pee-er tom-bahl
HIहिन्दी
शिलालेख
shila-lekh
IDBahasa Indonesia
batu Nisan
ba-tu ni-san
ITItaliano
cippi
chee-pee
KKKK
қабір тақтасы
qa-bir taq-ta-sy
MSBahasa Melayu
batu Nisan
ba-tu ni-san
NLNederlands
grafstenen
graf-ste-nen
NONorsk
gravsteder
gravs-ted-er
PLPolski
kamienie nagrobne
ka-mee-nye na-grob-ne
PTPortuguês
lápides
la-pee-des
RORomână
cimitire
chi-mit-ire
RUРусский
надгробия
nadgrobiya
SVSvenska
gravsaker
gravs-a-ker
SWKiswahili
mawe ya kaburi
ma-we ya ka-bu-ri
TAதமிழ்
கல்லறை
kal-la-rai
THไทย
ศิลาจารึก
si-la-cha-ruk
TLTL
bato ng libingan
ba-to ng li-bing-an
TRTürkçe
mezar taşları
me-zar ta-shar-lee
UKУкраїнська
надгробки
nadgrobki
ZUZU
isibindi
ee-si-bin-dee