បូជា

Khmer

Etymology

From Pali pūjā (“homage”), from Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā, “honor, homage”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic បូជា pūjā WT romanisation bouciə (standard) IPA(key) /ɓou.ˈciə/

Verb

បូជា • (bouciə) (abstract noun ការបូជា)

1. to sacrifice, make a sacrifice
2. to present (a gift) to a superior
3. to offer, make an offering, donate, sacrifice
4. to honor, pay homage to
5. to cremate

Noun

បូជា • (bouciə)

1. sacrifice, homage
2. act of offering, presentation (of a gift or offering)
3. act of taking advice from a superior

Derived terms

• ពិឃាតបូជា (pikhiət bouciə)
• អភិបូជា (ʼaʼphibouciə)

Related terms

• បូជនកិច្ច (boocea’nea’kəc)

See also

• ពលី (pea’lii)
• សែន (saen)
• ហ័វ (hav)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• pūjā (Latin script)
• 𑀧𑀽𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• पूजा (Devanagari script)
• পূজা (Bengali script)
• පූජා (Sinhalese script)
• ပူဇာ or ပူၹႃ (Burmese script)
• ปูชา (Thai script)
• ᨷᩪᨩᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ປູຊາ (Lao script)
• 𑄛𑄫𑄎𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

បូជា f

1. Khmer script form of pūjā (“veneration”)

Declension

Declension table of "បូជា" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	បូជា (pūjā)	បូជាយោ (pūjāyo) or បូជា (pūjā)
Accusative (second)	បូជំ (pūjaṃ)	បូជាយោ (pūjāyo) or បូជា (pūjā)
Instrumental (third)	បូជាយ (pūjāya)	បូជាហិ (pūjāhi) or បូជាភិ (pūjābhi)
Dative (fourth)	បូជាយ (pūjāya)	បូជានំ (pūjānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	បូជាយ (pūjāya)	បូជាហិ (pūjāhi) or បូជាភិ (pūjābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	បូជាយ (pūjāya)	បូជានំ (pūjānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	បូជាយ (pūjāya) or បូជាយំ (pūjāyaṃ)	បូជាសុ (pūjāsu)
Vocative (calling)	បូជេ (pūje)	បូជាយោ (pūjāyo) or បូជា (pūjā)