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

(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

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 môhôl)
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)

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 mhal)
Russian: Тадж-Маха́л m (Tadž-Maxál)
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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʒ ma.ˈhaw/

Proper noun

Taj Mahal m

Taj Mahal (monument in India)

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