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pooja

/ˈpuːdʒə/

pooja is the alternative form of puja.

Meaning of puja

Noun

puja (countable and uncountable, plural pujas)

  1. A religious ritual performed in South Asia as an act of worship.
    • The Grunth, the holy book of the Sikhs, seems to be becoming an object of idolatrous worship. They do puja to it, and carry it in procession daily.1879, Frances Maria Milman, Memoir of the Right Rev. Robert Milman, page 79

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Proper noun capitalized: Pooja

Pooja

  1. A female given name from Hindi.

Forms of pooja

Noun
pluralpoojas
Proper noun
alternative formPuja

Origin of pooja

Borrowed from Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā).

Questions about pooja

What does pooja mean?
Pooja means a female given name from Hindi.
What is pooja the alternative form of?
Pooja is the alternative form of puja.
What part of speech is pooja?
Pooja is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pooja?
Pooja is pronounced /ˈpuːdʒə/.

Words near pooja in the dictionary

  1. pooids
  2. pooie
  3. pooier
  4. pooiest
  5. pooing
  6. pooja
  7. poojah
  8. poojahs
  9. poojaree
  10. poojarees
  11. poojari

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pooja (page history and authors); Pooja (page history and authors); puja (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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