تاج
tāg/taːd͡ʒ/Egyptian Arabic, masculine
The word for crown in Arabic is تاج (tāg) (tāj). If unsure, use تاج. Wiktionary also lists تَاج (tāj) and إِكْلِيل (ʔiklīl).
Meaning: royal headdress (noun)
Ways to say it
| Arabic | Romanization (Wiktionary) | IPA | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| تاج | tāg | /taːd͡ʒ/ | Egyptian Arabic, masculine |
| تَاج | tāj | masculine | |
| إِكْلِيل | ʔiklīl | masculine |
تاج is the royal headdress worn by a king or queen. It is also used to describe something of great value or honor, much like calling something a crown on one's head.
Which one should you use?
تاج refers to a royal crown. إِكْلِيل (ʔiklīl) is often used for a wreath, garland or a decorative crown that is not royal.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Egyptian Arabic the same word is used, تاج, pronounced tāg with a hard g.
How does it change in a sentence?
تَاج is a masculine noun. Endings attach to it directly, as in تاجه, his crown.
How do you pronounce it?
The IPA is /taːdʒ/, one syllable with a long a and a j sound at the end. In Egyptian Arabic it is tāg.
When do people say it?
The saying الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ, health is a crown on the heads of the healthy that only the ill can see, is a widely quoted Arabic proverb.
Did you know?
- The word تاج is not originally Arabic, but is a loanword from the ancient Parthian language.
- In Arabic culture, health is described as a تاج that is invisible to those who possess it. The proverb suggests that only a sick person can 'see' the crown of health on a healthy person's head.
Examples in context
- الكتاب عن ملك فقد تاجه.This book is about a king who loses his crown.تاجه means his crown, the crown the king loses.Tatoeba #372042 by saeb, translation #372040 by saeb
- الصِّحَّةُ تَاجٌ عَلَى رُؤُوسِ الْأَصِحَّاءِ لَا يَرَاهُ إِلَّا الْمَرْضَى.Health is a crown on the heads of the healthy, that only the ill can see.تَاجٌ is used for the well known saying that health is a crown on the heads of the healthy.
- 1 more sentence on Tatoeba
Sources
- Wiktionary, “crown” translations and entries تاج, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries تاج, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR, Wiktionary CC BY-SA 4.0.
