Moghul
A head of the Timurid dynasty founded by Zahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur which controlled…A head of the Timurid dynasty founded by Zahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483-1530) which controlled large parts of southern Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Meaning
3 sensesA head of the Timurid dynasty founded by Zahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483-1530) which controlled large parts of southern Asia from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
(historical)A Mongol or Mongolian, especially a member or follower of the Moghul dynasty.
a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
An important or successful person; a magnate. (Now usually as mogul.)
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from Iranian Persian مغول (moġul) (for the spellings moghul and mogul) or from ClBorrowed 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.
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