Putrajaya

English

Etymology

From Malay Putrajaya; from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra, “son”) + जय (jayá, “victory”).

Proper noun

Putrajaya

1. A federal territory in western Malaysia.
2. The administrative capital of Malaysia, located in the federal territory of the same name.
3. (metonymic) The Malaysian government.

Translations

federal territory and administrative capital of Malaysia

• Arabic: بوتراجايا, بوتراجاي
• Armenian: Պուտրաջայա (Putraǰaya)
• Belarusian: Путраджая (Putradžaja)
• Bengali: পুত্রজায়া (putrojaẏa)
• Burmese: ပူထရာဂျာယာ (puhta.ragyaya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布城 (zh) (Bùchéng), 布特拉再也 (Bùtèlāzàiyě)

• Danish: Putrajaya
• Dutch: Putrajaya
• Esperanto: Putraĝajo
• Finnish: Putrajaya
• French: Putrajaya
• Georgian: პუტრაჯაია (ṗuṭraǯaia)
• German: Putrajaya
• Greek: Πουτρατζάγια (Poutratzágia)
• Hebrew: פוטרג׳איה
• Hindi: पुत्रजया (putrajayā), पुत्रजय (putrajay)
• Indonesian: Putrajaya
• Italian: Putrajaya
• Japanese: プトラジャヤ (Putorajaya)
• Khmer: បុត្រាជ័យ (botriəcɨy), ពូត្រាចាយ៉ា (puutriəcaayaa)
• Korean: 푸트라자야 (puteurajaya)
• Kyrgyz: Путражайя (Putrajayya)
• Malay: Putrajaya, Prang Besar (formerly)
• Malayalam: പുത്രജയ (putrajaya)
• Marathi: पुत्रजय (putrajay), पुतराजाया (putrājāyā)
• Norwegian: Putrajaya
• Ossetian: Путраджайя (Putraǵajja)
• Persian: پوتراجایا
• Portuguese: Putrajaia, Putrajaya
• Punjabi: ਪੁੱਤਰਜੈ (puttarjai)
• Russian: Путраджа́я f (Putradžája)
• Spanish: Putrajaya
• Swedish: Putrajaya
• Tamil: புத்ராஜெயா (putrājeyā)
• Telugu: పుత్రజయ (putrajaya)
• Thai: ปุตราจายา (bpùt-raa-jaa-yaa)
• Ukrainian: Путраджа́я (Putradžája)
• Urdu: پتراجایا (Putrājāyā)
• Vietnamese: Putrajaya

Malay

Etymology

Compound of putra (“prince”) +‎ jaya (“success”), ultimately from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra) + जय (jayá); from the name of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra.

Pronunciation

• (Baku, schwa-variety, /a/-variety) IPA^(key): /ˌputraˈd͡ʒaja/ [ˌpu.t̪raˈd͡ʒa.ja]

  Note: Unlike many other Malay words that end with an "a" in the schwa-variety, the final-syllable "a" in "putra" and "jaya" in "Putrajaya" are not reduced to a schwa.

• Rhymes: -aja, -ja, -a
• Hyphenation: Pu‧tra‧ja‧ya

Proper noun

Putrajaya (Jawi spelling ڤوتراجاي)

1. Putrajaya (a federal territory in western Malaysia)
2. Putrajaya (the administrative capital of Malaysia)

Synonyms

• Prang Besar