Where does “民主カンプチア” come from?

民主カンプチア (Japanese) comes from Japanese カンプチア, from Khmer កម្ពុជា, from Pali kamboja, from Sanskrit काम्बोज, from Hindi कम्बोज — Kamboj.

民主カンプチア (Japanese): Democratic Kampuchea

Definitions

  1. Democratic Kampuchea

Ancestry of “民主カンプチア”, step by step

民主カンプチア traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese カンプチア

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseカンプチア—
2Khmerកម្ពុជាKampuchea
3Palikamboja—
4Sanskritकाम्बोजborn in or coming from Kamboja; a native of...
5Hindiकम्बोजKamboj

via Japanese 民主

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese民主democracy
2Chinese民主democracy; monarch; functionary; official
Every word from Hindi कम्बोज →Every word from Sanskrit काम्बोज →Every word from Pali kamboja →