Etymology

• The name Kambujiya is etymologically connected with ethnic name Kamboja of Sanskrit and Pali literature and of the Edicts of king Ashoka (Dr C. Lassen, Dr M. Witzel and numerous others).

Proper noun

Kambujiya

1. Name of several monarchs of Achaemenid line of ancient Persia.

Alternative spellings

Kambaujiya or perhaps Kamboujiya; alternatively, Cambujiya.

The same name appears as C-n-b-n-z-y in Aramaic, Kambuzia in Assyran, Kambythet in Egyptian, Kam-bu-zi-ia in Akkadian, Kan-bu-zi-ia in Elemite, and Kanpuziya in Susian language.

Cambyses (or Cambysis, Cambese), alternatively, Kambyses, Kambysis, Kambese and Kambuses of the classical writings.

See also:

• Kamboja
• Kambuja