/int/ - Just realized that Taj Mahal and Tajikistan are co - International

Anonymous

04/17/26(Fri)17:46:38 No.220806940

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Just realized that Taj Mahal and Tajikistan are cognates

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)17:54:15 No.220807164

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)17:54:15 No.220807164

>>220806940
how so
taj means crown and mahal means palace
while
tajik is an old word for arab i think and stan means land

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)17:57:56 No.220807255

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)17:57:56 No.220807255

>>220806940
>>220807164
>Popular folk etymology traces the word to Tajik тoҷ (toj, “crown”) (see Arabic تَاج (tāj), from Persian تاج (tâj, “crown”)), but this is false.
Blud fell for the folk etymology :skull::skull::skull:

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)18:00:35 No.220807317

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)18:00:35 No.220807317

>>220807164
is this tajik etymology confirmed or just a conjecture ?
because there’s a crown on a tajik flag

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)18:02:49 No.220807373

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)18:02:49 No.220807373

>>220807317
>because there’s a crown on a tajik flag
tajikistan's flag was designed in 1992 though

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)18:10:08 No.220807537

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)18:10:08 No.220807537

>>220807373
>>220807255
Idk bros, methinks “crown” is a nore plausible etymology than some bedouine tribe, considering that Tajikistan is located so up high near the Celestial Mountains (Tian Shan) and Foot of the Sun God (Pa-i-Mihr, aka Pamir mountains)

Anonymous
04/17/26(Fri)20:23:44 No.220809623

Anonymous 04/17/26(Fri)20:23:44 No.220809623

>>220807537
actually, the whole place is even called “the roof of the world”
Check this out, this is Pamir plateau from the Chinese-controlled side
https://youtube.com/shorts/1Qs0s4OkbPg?si=0aatyoGafON6b9Tb