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Buddha
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buddha
English
Gautama +
thumb|250px|A sculpture of the Buddha (1st century CE)
Alternative forms
en Budda uncommon
en Buddhah
en Boodha archaic
en buddha common noun, senses 2 and 3
Etymology
en ine-pro *bʰewdʰ- en inc-pro iir-pro ine-pro
en sa बुध्
en pi Buddha the Awakened One, the Enlightened One, from pi buddha awakened, enlightened, from en sa बुद्ध awakened, enlightened, past participle of sa बोधति to wake, to awaken. Distantly related to English en bid and en bede. Also cognate with sla-pro *buditi to wake up.
Pronunciation
bo͝odə RP, en /ˈbʊdə/
bo͞odə GA, en /ˈbudə/
en en-us-buddha.ogg US
en /ˈbʉdə/ Scotland,NI
en /ˈbʊdːʰə/ only in technical contexts – approximation of Hindustani [ˈbʊdːʱə], which features a geminate ‘d’ and breathy voice on the second ‘d’, neither of which is idiomatic to English
en ʊdə uːdə 2
en Buda one pronunciation of each word
Proper noun
1
Siddhartha Gautama, ancient Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
Usage notes
Properly preceded by the definite article en the, although frequently treated as a proper name rather than a title.
Synonyms
en Siddhartha, en Siddhartha en Gautama, en Gautama Buddha, en Sakyamuni, en Sakyamuni Buddha; en Vishnu within Hinduism
Derived terms
en Gautam Buddha Nagar Shakyamuni Buddha Buddha-field Buddhalike Amitābha Buddha Śākyamuni Buddha Eyes of Buddha Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Buddahood buddhahead Buddhaness Buddhaship Buddhic Buddhize
Translations
spiritual and philosophical teacher
Albanian: sq Buda m
Altai:
Southern Altai: alt Боодо
Arabic: ar بُوذَا m, ar بُدّ m usually with the definite article obsolete
Armenian: hy Բուդդա
Assamese: as বুদ্ধদেৱ, as গৌতম বুদ্ধ, as বুদ্ধ
Azerbaijani: az Budda, az Büt
Bactrian: xbc Βοδδο
Belarusian: be Бу́да m
Bengali: bn বুদ্ধ
Bulgarian: bg Бу́да m
Burmese: my ဗုဒ္ဓ, my ဘုရား
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Бу́дга m
Catalan: ca Buda m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 佛 fat6, yue 佛陀 fat6 to4, yue 浮屠 fau4 tou4, yue 浮圖 fau4 tou4, yue 佛馱 fat6 to4, yue 浮陀 fau4 to4, yue 休屠 jau1 tou4, yue 浮頭 fau4 tau4, yue 勃陀 but6 to4, yue 勃馱 but6 to4, yue 部多 bou6 do1, yue 部陀 bou6 to4, yue 毋陀 mou4 to4, yue 沒馱 mut6 to4, yue 沸馱 fai3 to4, yue 步他 bou3 taa1, yue 復豆 fuk6 dou6, yue 佛圖 fat6 tou4, yue 物他 mat6 taa1, yue 馞陀 but6 to4, yue 沒陀 mut6 to4, yue 釋迦牟尼 sik1 gaa1 mau4 nei4, yue 佛祖 fat6 zou2, yue 釋迦 sik1 gaa1, yue 釋迦牟尼佛 sik1 gaa1 mau4 nei4 fat6, yue 釋迦佛 sik1 gaa1 fat6
Dungan: dng фә
Hakka: hak 佛 fu̍t, hak 釋迦牟尼 Sit-kâ-meù-nì, hak 佛祖 fu̍t-chú
Hokkien: nan-hbl 佛 Hu̍t, Pu̍t, nan-hbl 佛陀 Hu̍t-tô, nan-hbl 釋迦 Sek-khia, nan-hbl 佛祖 Hu̍t-chó͘, Pu̍t-chó͘, nan-hbl 釋迦牟尼 Sek-khia-mô͘-nî, nan-hbl 釋迦牟尼佛 Sek-khia-mô͘-nî-hu̍t, nan-hbl 釋迦佛 Sek-khia-hu̍t
Mandarin: cmn 佛 Fó, cmn 佛陀 Fótuó, cmn 浮屠 Fútú, cmn 釋迦牟尼 Shìjiāmóuní, cmn 浮圖 Fútú, cmn 佛馱 Fótuó, cmn 浮陀 Fútuó, cmn 休屠 Xiūtú, cmn 浮頭 Fútóu, cmn 勃陀 Bótuó, cmn 勃馱 Bótuó, cmn 部多 Bùduō, cmn 部陀 Bùtuó, cmn 毋陀 Wútuó, cmn 沒馱 Mòtuó, cmn 沸馱 Fèituó, cmn 步他 Bùtā, cmn 復豆 Fùdòu, cmn 佛圖 Fótú, cmn 物他 Wùtā, cmn 馞陀 Bótuó, cmn 沒陀 Mòtuó, cmn 佛祖 Fózǔ, cmn 釋迦 Shìjiā, cmn 釋迦牟尼佛 Shìjiāmóuní Fó, cmn 釋迦佛 Shìjiā Fó
Czech: cs Buddha m
Danish: da Buddha c
Dutch: nl Boeddha m
Dzongkha: dz ཤཱ་ཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ
Esperanto: eo Budho
Estonian: et Buddha
Finnish: fi Buddha
French: fr Bouddha m
Georgian: ka ბუდა
German: de Buddha m
Greek: el Βούδας m
Ancient Greek: grc Βούδδας f, grc Βούττας f
Gujarati: gu બુદ્ધ m
Hebrew: he בּוּדְהָא m budha
Hindi: hi बुद्ध m
Hungarian: hu Buddha
Icelandic: is Búdda m
Indonesian: id Buddha, id Siddhārtha Gautama
Irish: ga Búda m
Italian: it Buddha m, it Budda m
Japanese: ja 仏陀 Budda; Butsuda, ja 仏 Hotoke
Kannada: kn ಗೌತಮ ಬುದ್ಧ, kn ಬುದ್ಧ, kn ಬುದ್ಧ
Kapampangan: pam Budda m
Karakhanid: xqa بُرْخَنْ burχan
Kashmiri: ks بۄد
Kazakh: kk Бұддһа, kk Будда
Khmer: km ព្រះពុទ្ធ, km ពុទ្ធ
Korean: ko ^부처, ko ^불타(佛陀)
Middle Korean: okm 부텨 Pwùthyè
Kyrgyz: ky Будда
Lao: lo ພຸດທະ, lo ພຸດ
Latin: la Buddas m, la Budda m
Latvian: lv Buda m
Lisu: lis ꓩꓴꓹ ꓤꓽ
Lithuanian: lt Buda m
Lü: khb ᦕᦳᧆᧈ, khb ᦕᦳᧆᧈᦏᦰᧈ
Macedonian: mk Буда m
Malay: ms Buddha
Malayalam: ml ബുദ്ധന്
Maltese: mt Buddha m
Manchu: mnc ᡶᡠᠴᡳᡥᡳ
Marathi: mr बुद्ध m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Будда, mn бурхан Бурхан the God
Nepali: ne बुद्ध
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Buddha m
Odia: or ବୁଦ୍ଧ
Pali: pi Buddha m
Burmese: pi ဗုဒ္ဓ m
Devanagari: pi बुद्ध m
Thai: pi พุทธะ m
Pashto: ps بودا m budã
Persian: fa بت bot, fa بودا budâ
Middle Persian: pal 𐭡𐭥𐭲𐭩 but
Pohnpeian: pon Pwuda
Polish: pl Budda m
Portuguese: pt Buda m
Prakrit:
Ashokan Prakrit: inc-ash 𑀩𑀼𑀥
Punjabi: pa ਬੁੱਧ
Rohingya: rhg Buddá
Romanian: ro Buddha m
Russian: ru Бу́дда m
Salar: slr Palçıx kiş
Sanskrit: sa बुद्ध m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Бу́да m
Latin: sh Búda m
Shan: shn ပုၵ်ႉထႃႉ
Sinhalese: si බුද්ධ
Slovak: sk Budha m
Slovene: sl Búda m
Spanish: es Buda m
Swedish: sv Buddha c
Tagalog: tl Buda
Tajik: tg Буддо
Tamil: ta புத்தன், ta புத்தர்
Tatar: tt Будда
Telugu: te బుద్ధుడు, te గౌతమబుద్ధుడు
Thai: th พระพุทธเจ้า, th พระโพธิสัตว์ prá-poo-tí-sàt, th พุทธ, th พุทธะ, th บุดด้า
Tibetan: bo སངས་རྒྱས, bo ཐུབ
Tocharian B: txb Pañäkte
Turkish: tr Buda
Turkmen: tk Budda
Tuvan: tyv Богда, tyv Бурган
Ukrainian: uk Бу́дда m
Urdu: ur بدھ m buddha
Uyghur: ug بۇددا
Uzbek: uz Budda
Vietnamese: vi Phật (vi 佛), vi Phật Đà (vi 佛陀), vi Đức Phật (vi 德佛), vi Phật Tổ 佛祖, vi đấng Giác ngộ 覺悟者, vi Bụt (vi 𪣽)
Yiddish: yi בודאַ m
Zhuang: za Swzgyahmouzniz Sakyamuni, za baed
Noun
en Buddhism Any other person considered similarly enlightened.
en At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does.
196 “Mind,” he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus-flower - “Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this.”
en by extension Any other person considered similarly enlightened.
en There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century.
en figurative ironic en know-it-all,smartass a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.
en February 20 2007 w:Chris Chibnall Life on Mars 2 2 Sam: Well, our first priority is to make sure the thieves don't strike again. It'll be tricky, 'cause these sorts of gangs rarely have just one target on the go. They've usually researched half a dozen possibilities, waiting for the most opportune circumstances on any of them.Harry Woolf: He knows his onions, this lad, eh?Gene Hunt: Oh, he's a right little smart-arse. So, what do you suggest, Buddha?
A statue or image of any Buddha.
en I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha.
Derived terms
en Buddha-dharma Buddhaed Buddhahood Buddha's delight Buddha-nature Buddhisation Buddhism Buddhist Buddhization Buddhological Buddhologist Buddhology
Translations
enlightened human
Arabic: ar بُوذَا m
Azerbaijani: az budda
Bashkir: ba будда
Bengali: bn বুদ্ধ
Burmese: my ဗုဒ္ဓ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 佛 fat6
Eastern Min: cdo 佛 hŭk
Hokkien: nan-hbl 佛 hu̍t
Mandarin: cmn 佛 fó, cmn 佛陀 fótuó
Esperanto: eo budho
Finnish: fi buddha
French: fr bouddha m
Galician: gl Buda m
Georgian: ka ბუდა
German: de Buddha m
Greek: el βούδας m
Hebrew: he בודהה m budha
Hindi: hi बुद्ध m
Hungarian: hu buddha
Irish: ga búda m
Japanese: ja 仏陀 Budda, Butsuda, ja 仏 Butsu
Kazakh: kk будда
Khmer: km សម្ពុទ្ធ samput, km ពុទ្ធ put
Korean: ko 부처, ko 불타
Lao: lo ພຣະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ
Maithili: mai बुद्धत्व
Malayalam: ml ബുദ്ധൻ
Marathi: mr बुद्ध m
Mon: mnw
Mongolian: mn бурхан
Persian: fa بودا budâ
Polish: pl budda m
Portuguese: pt buda m
Rohingya: rhg
Russian: ru бу́дда m
Sanskrit: sa बुद्ध m
Sinhalese: si සම්මා සම්බුදුවරු
Spanish: es Buda m
Tamil: ta புத்தத்தன்மை
Thai: th พระพุทธเจ้า
Tibetan: bo སངས་རྒྱས
Tok Pisin: tpi buda
Vietnamese: vi phật (vi 佛), vi phật đà 佛陀, vi phật tổ 佛祖, vi bụt (vi 侼)
Zhuang: za baed
statue or image of Buddha
Finnish: fi Buddhan kuva, fi buddhankuva
Polish: pl budda m
Portuguese: pt buda m
Thai: th พระพุทธรูป
en terms with optional capitalization
en Buddhas Buddhism Individuals
Finnish
Etymology
fi pi buddha.
Pronunciation
buddha
Proper noun
en Buddha
Declension
Buddh a sg
Derived terms
fi buddha buddhalainen
fi compounds buddhankuva
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈbʊda/
de De-Buddha.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,,s
buddha
Declension
m,,s
Further reading
Buddha_Abbild_Statue Buddha (Abbild, Statue)
Buddha_Ehrentitel Buddha (Ehrentitel)
Indonesian
id:
Alternative forms
id Budha Buda
Etymology
id pi Buddha the Awakened One, the Enlightened One, from pi buddha awakened, enlightened, from id sa बुद्ध awakened, enlightened, past participle of sa बोधति to wake, to awaken. id Buda
Pronunciation
Proper noun
id Buddhism the en Buddha
Noun
~
id Buddhism countable en Buddha (enlightened human)
id Buddhism uncountable Buddhism (religion and philosophy)
Derived terms
id kebuddhaan
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Bùddha
Noun
m #
it Budda
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
pi sa बुद्ध enlightened, awakened
Proper noun
m
pi Buddhism en Buddha the enlightened one
Descendants
ar بُوذَا 1
xbc Βοδδο Βουδο 1
my ဗုဒ္ဓ 1
en Buddha 1
eo Budho 1
fr Bouddha 1
el Βούδας 1
ga Búda 1
id Buddha 1
ms Buddha
it Budda 1
ja 仏陀 Budda 1
km ព្រះពុទ្ធ ពុទ្ធ 1
ko 부처 1
lo ພຸດທະ ພຸດ 1
mn Будда 1
ru Бу́дда 1
sog bwt 1
pal bwt' but Buddha; idol 1
fa بت bot idol
th พระพุทธเจ้า พุทธ 1
bo སངས་རྒྱས 1 1
uk Бу́дда 1