English Explanatory Dictionary

Kambujiya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The name of several monarchs of Achaemenid line of ancient Persia.

Word forms

Kambujiya

Etymology

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".

Related words

Cambodia Kamboja Kambuja Καμβύσης 𐨐𐨨𐨂𐨁𐨀
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