Buddha
See also: buddha
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Pali Buddha (“the Awakened One, the Enlightened One”), from buddha (“awakened, enlightened”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”), past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake, to awaken”). Distantly related to English bid and bede. Also cognate with Proto-Slavic *buditi (“to wake up”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bo͝odə, IPA(key): /ˈbʊdə/
- (General American) enPR: bo͞odə, IPA(key): /ˈbudə/
Audio (US) (file) - IPA(key): /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
- Rhymes: -ʊdə, -uːdə
- Homophone: Buda (one pronunciation of each word)
Proper noun edit
the Buddha
- Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
Usage notes edit
Properly preceded by the definite article the, although frequently treated as a proper name rather than a title.
Synonyms edit
- Siddhartha, Siddhartha Gautama, Gautama Buddha, Sakyamuni, Sakyamuni Buddha; Vishnu (within Hinduism)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
spiritual and philosophical teacher
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Noun edit
Buddha (plural Buddhas)
- Any other person considered similarly enlightened in Buddhist contexts.
- At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 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.”
- Any other person considered similarly enlightened in other contexts.
- There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century.
- (figurative, ironic) Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.
- 2007 February 20, Chris Chibnall, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 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.
- I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha.
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈbudhɑ/, [ˈbudhɑ̝]
- IPA(key): /ˈbudːhɑ/, [ˈbudːhɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -udːhɑ
- Syllabification(key): Budd‧ha
Proper noun edit
Buddha
Declension edit
Inflection of Buddha (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Buddha | — | ||
genitive | Buddhan | — | ||
partitive | Buddhaa | — | ||
illative | Buddhaan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Buddha | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Buddha | — | |
gen. | Buddhan | |||
genitive | Buddhan | — | ||
partitive | Buddhaa | — | ||
inessive | Buddhassa | — | ||
elative | Buddhasta | — | ||
illative | Buddhaan | — | ||
adessive | Buddhalla | — | ||
ablative | Buddhalta | — | ||
allative | Buddhalle | — | ||
essive | Buddhana | — | ||
translative | Buddhaksi | — | ||
abessive | Buddhatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms edit
compounds
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Buddha m (strong, genitive Buddhas, plural Buddhas)
Declension edit
Declension of Buddha [masculine, strong]
Further reading edit
- “Buddha (Abbild, Statue)” in Duden online
- “Buddha (Ehrentitel)” in Duden online
- “Buddha” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Buddha m (invariable)
- Alternative spelling of Budda
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “enlightened, awakened”)
Proper noun edit
Buddha m
Descendants edit
Terms borrowed from "Buddha"
- Arabic: بُوذَا (būḏā)
- Bactrian: Βοδδο (Boddo), Βουδο (Boudo)
- Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓ (buddha.)
- English: Buddha
- Esperanto: Budho
- French: Bouddha
- Greek: Βούδας (Voúdas)
- Irish: Búda
- Indonesian: Buddha
- Malay: Buddha
- Italian: Budda
- Japanese: 仏陀 (Budda)
- Khmer: ព្រះពុទ្ធ (prĕəh put), ពុទ្ធ (put)
- Korean: 부처 (bucheo)
- Lao: ພຸດທະ (phut tha), ພຸດ (phut)
- Mongolian: Будда (Budda)
- Russian: Бу́дда (Búdda)
- Sogdian: [script needed] (bwt)
- Thai: พระพุทธเจ้า (prá-pút-tá-jâao), พุทธ (pút)
- Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས (sangs rgyas) (calque)
- Ukrainian: Бу́дда (Búdda)