mogul
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈməʊɡ(ə)l/, /ˈmoʊɡəl/[1]
Audio (UK) (file)
Etymology 1
Figurative use of Moghul, which originally meant Mongol, or person of Mongolian descent. In this context, it refers to the Mughal Empire (mughal being Persian or Arabic for "Mongol") of the Indian Subcontinent that existed between 1526 and 1857: the early Mughal emperors claimed a heritage dating back to the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan. The modern meaning of the word is supposedly derived from the storied riches of the Mughal emperors, which, for example, produced the Taj Mahal.
Noun
mogul (plural moguls)
- A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.
- Synonyms: magnate, tycoon, captain of industry
- a Silicon Valley tech mogul
- 2022 January 25, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Rise of the Crypto Mayors”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
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Etymology 2
From dialectal German Mugel or from dialectal Norwegian mugje (“heap, mound”).
Noun
mogul (plural moguls)
- (skiing) A hump or bump on a skiing piste.
- A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs.
- A machine that forms shaped candies from syrups or gels.
Derived terms
- mogulist
Translations
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Verb
mogul (third-person singular simple present moguls, present participle moguling, simple past and past participle moguled)
- (skiing) To ski over a course of humps or bumps.
Further reading
- mogul on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- “mogul”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English mogul, from Persian مغول (muġul, “Mongol”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmoɡul]
- Hyphenation: mo‧gul
- Rhymes: -ul
Noun
mogul (plural mogulok)
- (historical) Mughal, Moghul (a member of the Mughal dynasty)
- mogul (a rich and powerful person)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mogul | mogulok |
accusative | mogult | mogulokat |
dative | mogulnak | moguloknak |
instrumental | mogullal | mogulokkal |
causal-final | mogulért | mogulokért |
translative | mogullá | mogulokká |
terminative | mogulig | mogulokig |
essive-formal | mogulként | mogulokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mogulban | mogulokban |
superessive | mogulon | mogulokon |
adessive | mogulnál | moguloknál |
illative | mogulba | mogulokba |
sublative | mogulra | mogulokra |
allative | mogulhoz | mogulokhoz |
elative | mogulból | mogulokból |
delative | mogulról | mogulokról |
ablative | mogultól | moguloktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | mogulé | moguloké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | moguléi | mogulokéi |
Possessive forms of mogul | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | mogulom | moguljaim |
2nd person sing. | mogulod | moguljaid |
3rd person sing. | mogulja | moguljai |
1st person plural | mogulunk | moguljaink |
2nd person plural | mogulotok | moguljaitok |
3rd person plural | moguljuk | moguljaik |
Derived terms
- nagymogul
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- mogul in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Romanian
Etymology
From English mogul.
Noun
mogul m (plural moguli)
- mogul
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) mogul | mogulul | (niște) moguli | mogulii |
genitive/dative | (unui) mogul | mogulului | (unor) moguli | mogulilor |
vocative | mogulule | mogulilor |