Where does “புத்ராஜெயா” come from?
புத்ராஜெயா (Tamil) comes from Malay Putrajaya, from Malay jaya, from Classical Malay jaya, from Sanskrit जय, from Sanskrit कर्ता, from Sanskrit कर्तृ, from Sanskrit कृ, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.
Ancestry of “புத்ராஜெயா”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | Putrajaya | — |
| 2 | Malay | jaya | Synonym of kejayaan; to be successful, to... |
| 3 | Classical Malay | jaya | victory; success; prosperous |
| 4 | Sanskrit | जय | conquest, victory, triumph, winning, being... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कर्ता | nominative singular of कर्तृ |
| 6 | Sanskrit | कर्तृ | maker; doer; agent; author one who does, makes, or acts |
| 7 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |