Given name · Bengali
তাজ
“crown”
তাজ (taj) is a masculine given name from Classical Persian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Bengali.
BengaliWritten in Bengali script. In English: Taj.
Meaning & origin
What it means
তাজ goes back to Parthian tʾg (tāg), meaning “crown.”
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Where it comes from
তাজ comes from Classical Persian, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Classical Persian تاج (tāj), from Arabic تَاج, from Parthian tʾg (tāg, “crown”), from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.
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তাজ’s family of names
In Bengali usage, তাজ shares a linguistic root with the Gujarati form તાજ. In Bengali usage, তাজ can be written in the Roman alphabet as Taj.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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