NYELVÉSZ

Ilyenkor mindig az átadó nyelv (pontosabban: állam) véleményét szoktuk respektálni. Románia is kivívta, hogy különböző európai nyelvekben ne u-val, hanem o-val írják a nevét. Mjanmar, Burkina Faso és egy csomó más esetében hasonló történt (bár etimológiailag ezeknél nincs kapcsolat a Burma, ill. Felső Volta nevekkel). Nem értem, mér pont a Mumbaj miatt vagytok kibukva.

The name "Mumbai" is an eponym, etymologically derived from Mumba or Maha-Amba – the name of the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi – and Aai, "mother" in Marathi. The former name Bombay had its origins in the 16th century when the Portuguese arrived in the area and called it by various names, which finally took the written form Bombaim, still common in current Portuguese use. After the British gained possession in the 17th century, it was anglicised to Bombay, although it was known as Mumbai or Mambai to Marathi and Gujarati-speakers, and as Bambai in Hindi and Urdu. It is sometimes still referred by it older names by people. The name was officially changed to its Marathi pronunciation of Mumbai in 1996.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai

Officially, in 1995. That year, the right-wing Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena won elections in the state of Maharashtra and presided over a coalition that took control of the state assembly. After the election, the party announced that the port city had been renamed after the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi, the city's patron deity. Federal agencies, local businesses, and newspapers were ordered to adopt the change.
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Several other Indian cities have changed their names in recent years. In 1996, Madras became Chennai. This name change was part of a similar effort by the state of Tamil Nadu to promote Tamil language and culture.
http://www.slate.com/id/2205701/

Én így írnám:
mumbaji, abból a városnévből, hogy Mumbaj, hamár a Bombéj gáz.
(De Bombéj-t és Bombay-t is lehetne nálam írni.)

Szerintem a Mumbai még egy fokkal rosszabb a Wiennél, hiszen lerí róla, hogy etimológiailag összefügg a két név, tehát tényleg csak arról van szó, hogy a magyarban megszilárdult angolos forma helyett egy hindis (?) formával próbálnak nyomulni.