As a Hindi name

पूजा · noun · feminine

ईश्वर या किसी देवी देवता के प्रति श्रद्धा, संमान, विनय और समर्पण का भाव प्रकट करनेवाला कार्य । अर्चना । आराधन · वह धार्मिक कृत्य जो जल, फूल, फल, अक्षत अथवा इसी प्रकार के और पदार्थ किसी देवी देवता पर चढ़ाकर या उसके निमित्त रखकर किया जाता है । आराधन । अर्चा · आदर सत्कार । खातिर । आचभगत — Śabdasāgara

पूजा · pūjā · s.f.

Honour, worship, respect, reverence, veneration, homage (to superiors), adoration (of the gods); idol-worship, idolatry — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 277

पूजा · masculine

a female given name, Puja or Pooja, from Sanskrit

पूजा · feminine

a religious ritual performed by Hindus as an offering to various deities, distinguished persons, or special guests; worship, veneration

Cited formation "पूजा" is पूज + -आ: पूज means "To be honoured, honourable, respectable, venerable", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago

Cited formation "पूजा" is पूजना + -आ: पूजना means "to worship, venerate, extol", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table

a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पूजा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Borrowed from Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record