Taj Mahal

English

Taj Mahal in 2004.

Etymology

From Hindustani ताज महल / تاج محل (tāj mahal, “crown of palaces”), from Classical Persian, ultimately from Arabic, corresponding to English taj + mahal.

Pronunciation

• (hyperforeign) IPA^(key): /ˌtɑːʒ məˈhɑːl/
• IPA^(key): /ˌtɑːdʒ məˈhɑːl/
• (South Asia) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑd͡ʒ mɛhɛl̪/, /t̪ɑd͡ʒ mɛhɛl/

The first pronunciation is hyperforeign, but most common.

Proper noun

the Taj Mahal

2. A monument in Agra, India, constructed between 1631 and 1654, considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in the world.

Derived terms

• Garage Mahal

Translations

monument in India

• Arabic: تَاج مَحَل m (tāj maḥal)
• Assamese: তাজমহল (tazmohol)
• Bengali: তাজ মহল (taj mohol)
• Burmese: တာ့ဂျ်မဟာရ် (ta.gyma.har)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰姬陵 (zh) (Tàijīlíng)

• Czech: Tádž Mahal m
• Finnish: Taj Mahal
• German: Taj Mahal (de) m, Tadsch Mahal m
• Gujarati: તાજ મહેલ (tāj mahel)
• Hebrew: טאג׳ מאהל (taj mahal)
• Hindi: ताज महल m (tāj mahal), ताजमहल (hi) m (tājamhal)
• Hungarian: Tádzs Mahal (hu)
• Japanese: タージ・マハル (Tāji-Maharu)
• Kannada: ತಾಜ್ ಮಹಲ್ (tāj mahal)
• Khmer: តះម៉ាហាល់ (tah mahal)
• Korean: 타지마할 (Tajimahal)
• Malayalam: താജ് മഹൽ (tājŭ mahal)
• Marathi: ताज महाल m (tāj mahāl)
• Persian: تاج‌محل (tâj-mahal)
• Polish: Tadź Mahal (pl) n, Tadż Mahal n
• Portuguese: Taj Mahal m
• Punjabi: ਤਾਜ ਮਹਿਲ m (tāj mahil)
• Russian: Тадж-Маха́л m (Tadž-Maxál)
• Santali: ᱛᱟᱡᱽᱢᱚᱦᱚᱞ
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Таџ Махал m

  Roman: Tadž Mahal m

• Sindhi: تاج محل
• Tajik: Тоҷмаҳал (Tojmahal)
• Tamil: தாஜ் மகால் (tāj makāl)
• Telugu: తాజ్ మహల్ (te) (tāj mahal)
• Turkish: Tac Mahal
• Urdu: تاج محل m (tāj mahal)
• Uyghur: تاج ماخال (taj maxal)

Further reading

• Taj Mahal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ताज महल (tāj mahal), from Persian تاج محل (tâj mahal).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʒ ma.ˈhaw/

Proper noun

o Taj Mahal m

1. Taj Mahal (a monument in Agra, India, constructed between 1631 and 1654, considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in the world)