RIP Tash Mahal (Re: Need help with Mongolian (Urdu))

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From: Ivan A Derzhanski
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:43

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In article <Dec.30.19.20.34.1992.29818@pilot.njin.net> hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) writes:
>Taj Mahal is probably combination of Turco-Farsi
>or Turco-Hindi (taj is probably from tash=(stone)).

It is nothing of the sort.  _ta:j_ is `crown, diadem, wreath' in Arabic
(root _t w j_).  It has been borrowed with the same meaning in Persian.
So much about this one.

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From: iad@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Ivan A Derzhanski)
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Subject: RIP Tash Mahal (Re: Need help with Mongolian (Urdu))
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Date: 31 Dec 92 19:43:54 GMT
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