The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromनगर“city”
- Malay · borrowed fromnegara
- English todaynegara
Borrowed from Malay negara, from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of Angkor and Nagari.
Words from the same roots
Sanskritनगर all →
NagarAngkor
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.