Hindi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पूज्य (pūjya).

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Adjective

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पूज्य (pūjya)

  1. venerable; honoured

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McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पूज्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 640

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Adjective

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पूज्य (pūjya) stem

  1. to be honoured or worshipped venerable adorable fit for or deserving of worship adoration etc with in g or –˚ -tama spv most worthy of honour -tâ f -tva n venerableness

References

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  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “पूज्य”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]