mogul English · revision 2420

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈməʊɡəl/ ''(UK)''; /ˈmoʊɡəl/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It comes from ''Mogul'', the name for the Mongol rulers of India,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) [[bor|fa|مغول|tr=mughul]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) from Mongolian ''mongγol'' “Mongol”.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ ''The Great Mogul'', the European name for the emperor of Delhi (1588).^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Europeans called the Mongol emperor of India, whose dynasty was founded by Babur in 1526, the Great Mogul.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(AHD) From this title the word was transferred, by 1678, to any great personage or autocrat,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and today usually means a powerful magnate in a particular business.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) The ''mogul'' of a ski slope, a bump of hard snow (1959–1961), is a different word,^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995) probably from a Scandinavian dialect word for “heap”^(Barnhart 1995)^(AHD) or from a southern German dialect word for a small hill.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1588 – ''the Great Mogul'', the emperor of Delhi.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1625 – a follower of Genghis Khan or of Babur.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1678 – a great personage; an autocrat.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1884 – a type of locomotive.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1959–1961 – a bump on a ski slope (a separate word).^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A very rich or powerful person; a magnate.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(usually capitalized)'' A member of the Muslim dynasty founded by Babur that ruled India from 1526 to 1857.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

+ # A bump of hard snow on a ski slope.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Mongol]]

+ * [[nabob]]

+ * [[tycoon]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}