puja

Etymology

From Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā, “reverence or worship”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpuːdʒə/

Noun

puja (plural pujas)

1. A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship. [from 17th c.]
   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 122:

     ‘Godbole's pujah did it,’ cried the Englishman.

   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 43:

     The priest had performed the puja and tied a string around his father's silk purse to make sure that the Rana didn't spend even a copper coin while he was a guest of Merta.

Anagrams

• jaup

Verb

puja

1. third-person singular present indicative form of pujar
2. second-person singular imperative form of pujar

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uxa

Verb

puja

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pujar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pujar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pujar.