Taj Mahal

English

Taj Mahal in 2004.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

The first pronunciation is hyperforeign, but most common.

Proper noun

Taj Mahal

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

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
• 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)
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• Malayalam: താജ് മഹൽ (tājŭ mahal)
• Marathi: ताज महाल m (tāj mahāl)
• Persian: تاج‌محل (taj-mahal)
• Polish: Tadź Mahal (pl) m
• Portuguese: Taj Mahal m
• Punjabi: ਤਾਜ ਮਹਲ (tāj mahal)
• Russian: Тадж-Маха́л m (Tadž-Maxál)
• Santali: ᱛᱟᱡᱽᱢᱚᱦᱚᱞ
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Таџ Махал m

  Roman: Tadž Mahal m

• 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

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʒ ma.ˈhaw/

Proper noun

Taj Mahal m

1. Taj Mahal (monument in India)