Kamboj
English
noun
Definitions
- A member of a particular Kshatriya community of people living in northwestern India and in Pakistan and Afghanistan, generally considered to be descended from the Kambojas.
- A member of an Indo-Scythian ethnic group of people native to northwestern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, said to be descended from the Kambojas (the Royal Clan of the Sakas or Scythians).
- A member of the ruling Indo-European (Scytho-Aryan) group the Kambojas, who settled in northwestern India in the 9th or 10th century BCE.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi कम्बोज (Kamboj) borrowed from Urdu کمبوہ (Kamboh).
Origin
Urdu
کمبوہ
Gloss
Kamboh