English
Putrajaya
Putrajaya comes from Malay Putrajaya.
- MalaymodernPutrajaya
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- MalaymodernPutrajaya
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of पुत्र ‘son’ + जय ‘victory’
Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- ‘small, little, few’
Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás ‘son’
Sanskrit पुत्र ‘son’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷey- ‘to win, conquer’
Sanskrit जि ‘to win’
Sanskrit जय ‘victory’
Every English word from Malay Putrajaya
Today it means
name A federal territory in western Malaysia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Malay Putrajaya / Putrajaya