adj
Meaning 1
Relating to the Mughal Empire
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Moghul
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Meaning 2
A head of the Timurid dynasty founded by Zahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammed Bābur (1483-1530) which controlled large parts of southern Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A Mongol or Mongolian, especially a member or follower of the Moghul dynasty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An important or successful person; a magnate. (Now usually as mogul.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mogul
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ruler, swayer
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Iranian Persian مغول (moġul) (for the spellings moghul and mogul) or from Classical Persian مغول (muġūl, muġōl) and Urdu مغل (muġal) (for other spellings), an Arabic and Persian corruption of Mongol, ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol). More at Mughal.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: মোগল (mogôl) — head of Mongol dynasty
- Catalan: gran mogol — head of Mongol dynasty
- Hindi: मुग़ल (muġal) — head of Mongol dynasty
- Hindi: मुगल (mugal) — head of Mongol dynasty
- Hungarian: nagymogul — head of Mongol dynasty
- Irish: Mógal — head of Mongol dynasty
- Irish: Mógail — head of Mongol dynasty
- Macedonian: мо́гул (mógul) — head of Mongol dynasty
- Marathi: मुगल (mugal) — head of Mongol dynasty
- Persian: گورکانی (gurkâni) — head of Mongol dynasty
- Polish: Mogoł — head of Mongol dynasty
- Polish: Mogołka — head of Mongol dynasty
- Spanish: Mogol — head of Mongol dynasty
- Urdu: مغل (muġal) — head of Mongol dynasty
- Bengali: মোগল (mogôl) — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Catalan: mogol — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Hindi: मुग़ल (muġal) — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Hindi: मुगल (mugal) — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Hungarian: mogul — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Marathi: मुगल (mugal) — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Persian: گورکانی (gurkâni) — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Polish: Mongoł — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Polish: Mongołka — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Spanish: mongol — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty
- Urdu: مغل (muġal) — Mongol or Mongolian, or follower of dynasty