English
Etymology
From Malay Putrajaya; from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra, “son”) + जय (jayá, “victory”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Putrajaya
- A federal territory in western Malaysia.
- The administrative capital of Malaysia, located in the federal territory of the same name.
- (metonymic) The Malaysian government.
Translations
federal territory and administrative capital of Malaysia
- Arabic: بوتراجايا, بوتراجاي
- Armenian: Պուտրաջայա (Putraǰaya)
- Belarusian: Путраджая (Putradžaja)
- Bengali: পুত্রজায়া (putrojaẏa)
- Burmese: ပူထရာဂျာယာ (puhta.ragyaya)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 布城 (zh) (Bùchéng), 布特拉再也 (Bùtèlāzàiyě)
- Danish: Putrajaya
- Dutch: Putrajaya
- Esperanto: Putraĝajo
- Finnish: Putrajaya
- French: Putrajaya
- Georgian: პუტრაჯაია (ṗuṭraǯaia)
- German: Putrajaya
- Greek: Πουτρατζάγια (Poutratzágia)
- Hebrew: פוטרג׳איה
- Hindi: पुत्रजया (putrajayā), पुत्रजय (putrajay)
- Indonesian: Putrajaya
- Italian: Putrajaya
- Japanese: プトラジャヤ (Putorajaya)
- Khmer: បុត្រាជ័យ (botriəcɨy), ពូត្រាចាយ៉ា (puutriəcaayaa)
- Korean: 푸트라자야 (puteurajaya)
- Kyrgyz: Путражайя (Putrajayya)
- Malay: Putrajaya, Prang Besar (formerly)
- Malayalam: പുത്രജയ (putrajaya)
- Marathi: पुत्रजय (putrajay), पुतराजाया (putrājāyā)
- Norwegian: Putrajaya
- Ossetian: Путраджайя (Putraǵajja)
- Persian: پوتراجایا
- Portuguese: Putrajaia, Putrajaya
- Punjabi: ਪੁੱਤਰਜੈ (puttarjai)
- Russian: Путраджа́я f (Putradžája)
- Spanish: Putrajaya
- Swedish: Putrajaya
- Tamil: புத்ராஜெயா (putrājeyā)
- Telugu: పుత్రజయ (putrajaya)
- Thai: ปุตราจายา (bpùt-raa-jaa-yaa)
- Ukrainian: Путраджа́я (Putradžája)
- Urdu: پتراجایا (Putrājāyā)
- Vietnamese: Putrajaya
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Malay
Etymology
Compound of putra (“prince”) + jaya (“success”), ultimately from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra) + जय (jayá); from the name of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra.
Pronunciation
- (Baku, schwa-variety, /a/-variety) IPA(key): /ˌputraˈd͡ʒaja/ [ˌpu.t̪raˈd͡ʒa.ja]
- Note: Unlike many other Malay words that end with an "a" in the schwa-variety, the final-syllable "a" in "putra" and "jaya" in "Putrajaya" are not reduced to a schwa.
- Rhymes: -aja, -ja, -a
- Hyphenation: Pu‧tra‧ja‧ya
Proper noun
Putrajaya (Jawi spelling ڤوتراجاي)
- Putrajaya (a federal territory in western Malaysia)
- Putrajaya (the administrative capital of Malaysia)
Synonyms