Kambujiya

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Etymology[edit]

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".[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Kambujiya

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

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 19, citing Benveniste 1958: 48n.1