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Taj Mahal|tɑːdʒ, tɑːʒ məˈhɑːl|
[perh. a corruption of Mumtaz Mahal (see below) under the influence of taj; cf. mahal.]
The name of a mausoleum built at Agra by Shah Jahan in memory of his wife known as Mumtaz (Pers. ‘chosen one’) Mahal (d. 1631), used: a. ellipt. as Taj.
1858W. H. Russell Diary 14 Oct. (1860) II. 279, I had seen that Pearl of architecture, the wonder of the world—The Taj of Agra. 1887Kipling Lett. of Marque (1891) i. 2 He saw from the train the Taj wrapped in the mists of the morning. 1912E. Lutyens Let. May in M. Lutyens Edwin Lutyens (1980) vii. 104 The Taj and some other of the tombs have charm. 1978‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions xiv. 225 Shah Jehan's Empress the lady of the Taj.
b. fig. denoting that which is excellent or surpassing of its kind. Also occas. in transf. use.
1895Q. Rev. Apr. 353 Stevenson has set up and decorated with every precious stone a building so magnificent, that it deserves to be called the Taj Mahal of our prose literature. 1950Partridge Name into Word 429 One not seldom meets with such phrases as ‘the Taj Mahal of architectural elegance’ or ‘the Taj Mahal of romantic architecture’. 1980D. Pownall Between Ribble & Lune i. 20 In 1906..his lordship ordered the structure as a Taj Mahal for his dead wife. |