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kamboj

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kam-boj
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A community of people living in northwestern India and Pakistan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कंबोज (kamboj), from Sanskrit कम्बोज (kamboja). Cf. Punjabi ਕੰਬੋਜ (kamboj, “Kamboj”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: कंबोज, कम्बोज

Inflected Forms

Kambojs (plural) Kamboh (alternative) Kambo (alternative) Kambuj (alternative) Kambhoj (alternative) Kamoj (alternative) Kamoz (alternative) Kam (alternative) Kom (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Cambodia Kamboja Khmer

Questions

What does kamboj mean?
A community of people living in northwestern India and Pakistan.
Where does kamboj come from?
It is traced to Hindi.

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