Mahal meaning

A summer house.
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Private lodgings.
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A territorial division of pre-independence India.
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A division of a farm.
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A division of a hunting preserve.
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Origin of mahal

From Indian English, from Arabic محل (maḥall, “place”).

Sentence Examples

  • Central,: The Mahal, or Marisi, from Korosko to Wadi Haifa (second cataract).

  • The Taj Mahal hotel, which was built by the Tata family in 1904, is the most palatial and modern hotel in India.

  • 1632) by the emperor Shah Jahan for the remains of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, in which he himself also lies buried.

  • Shah Jahan erected many splendid monuments, the most famous of which is the Taj Mahal at Agra, built as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal; while the Pearl Mosque at Agra and the palace and great mosque at Delhi also commemorate him.

  • At Delhi also he erected the celebrated peacock throne; but his favourite place of residence was Agra, where his name will ever be associated with the marvel of Indian architecture, the Taj Mahal.

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