English
puja
Puja comes from Sanskrit पूजा ‘reverence or worship’.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपूजाpūjā‘reverence or worship’
- Englishearliest quotation 1879puja
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEपूजाpūjā‘reverence or worship’
- Englishearliest quotation 1879puja
Earliest quotation: 1879, Frances Maria Milman, Memoir of the Right Rev. Robert Milman: “The Grunth, the holy book of the Sikhs, seems…”
Every English word from Sanskrit पूजा
Today it means
noun A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit पूजा / puja