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 (pi’kʰiet boochie)

Related terms

• បូជនកិច្ច (boocea’nea’kəc)

See also

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