Kamboja

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Kamboja

/kɑmˈboʊ.d͡ʒə/ US
/kɒmˈbəʊ.d͡ʒə/ UK

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From Sanskrit कम्बोज~काम्बोज (kamboja~kāmboja), but 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". Compare Cambodia, Kampuchea, Kambuja, Kamboj and Kamboja.

proper noun

An ancient Iranian region, located originally in Central Asia. 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.

noun Kambojas · Kamboja

A member of an Iranian people from this region. 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 do

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@misc{kamboja_2026,
  title = {Kamboja},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kamboja},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}