puja

See also: pujá and pujà

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā, reverence or worship).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpuːdʒə/

Noun

puja (plural pujas)

  1. A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship. [from 17th c.]
    • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 122:
      ‘Godbole's pujah did it,’ cried the Englishman.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 43:
      The priest had performed the puja and tied a string around his father's silk purse to make sure that the Rana didn't spend even a copper coin while he was a guest of Merta.

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Verb

puja

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of pujar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of pujar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay puja, from Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pu.d͡ʒa/
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ja

Noun

puja

  1. An act of worship.

Derived terms

  • memuja
  • memuja-muja
  • pemuja
  • pemujaan
  • pujaan

Further reading


Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Hindi पूजा (pūjā).

Pronunciation

Noun

puja

  1. (Hinduism) a religious ritual performed as an act of worship.

Derived terms


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uxa

Verb

puja

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of pujar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pujar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pujar.
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