Etymology

Kambujiya

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Today it means: The name of several monarchs of Achaemenid line of ancient Persia. Full definition →

Old Persian 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹
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  1. Old Persian · borrowed from𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹
  2. English todayKambujiya

From Old Persian 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (k-b-u-ji-i-y /⁠Kaᵐbūjiya⁠/). Supposed by some scholars to be related to Kamboja, although "there are also scholars who denounce a connection between Kamboja and Kambujiya … and who defend another etymology".

Words from the same roots

Old Persian𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 all →

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