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Kamboja
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kamboja
English
Etymology
From en sa कम्बोज कम्बोज~काम्बोज, but en unclear. The word is supposed by some scholars to be related to Kambujiya, although "there are also scholars who denounce a connection between Kamboja and Kambujiya [...] and who defend another etymology".19, citing Benveniste 1958: 48n.1 Compare en Cambodia, en Kampuchea, en Kambuja, en Kamboj and Kamboja (name) Kamboja.
Pronunciation
en /kɑmˈboʊ.d͡ʒə/ GA
en /kɒmˈbəʊ.d͡ʒə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Kamboja.wav US
Proper noun
An ancient Iranian region, located originally in Central Asia.
en 1995 Narendra K Wagle Society at the time of the Buddha 35 Denying this claim, the Buddha tells Assalayana how in Yona and Kamboja and other outlying regions there are two vannas, the master and the slave, and that it is possible for a master to become a slave or for a slave to become a master.
Translations
ancient kingdom
Burmese: my ကမ္ဗောဇ
Sanskrit: sa कम्बोज
Noun
s *
A member of an Iranian people from this region.
en Barbara A. West 19 May 2010 Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania Infobase Publishing 359 978-1-4381-1913-7 Some Kshatriya Tribes of Ancient India, B C Law, 124, P. 230-31 "... in a list of ancient Vedic teachers given in the Vamsa Brahmana of the Samveda..we find one of the teachers in the line to be Kamboja Aupamanyava, that is, Kamboja, the son of Upamanyu....the fact stands out without any possible doubt that a sage from among the Kamboja people, had found a place in the list of the great ancient teachers by whom the Vedic lore was kept up and handed on, and there is no room for any hesitation in saying that the Kambojas in Vedic times formed an important section of the Vedic Indian people.
See also
en Cambodia
en Camboj, en Kambhoj, en Kambhoja, en Kampuchea
en Kamboj, en Kamboh
pgd 𐨐𐨨𐨂𐨁𐨀
References
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
From id km កម្ពុជា, from id pi kamboja, ultimately from id sa काम्बोज the name of a tribe mentioned in Hindu scripture. id kemboja.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id proper noun
id Cambodia Q424
Alternative forms
ms Kemboja Brunei Malaysia Singapore
See also
Further reading
Turkmen
Proper noun
tk proper noun
tk Cambodia Q424