Buddhism

See also: buddhism

English

Alternative forms

• Bouddhism (obsolete)
• Boodhism (archaic)

Etymology

Buddha +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊ.dɪ.zəm/, /ˈbu.dɪ.zəm/

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Noun

Buddhism (usually uncountable, plural Buddhisms)

1. The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha.

Coordinate terms

• (religions) religion; Asatru,‎ Ayyavazhi,‎ Baháʼí Faith,‎ Bon,‎ Buddhism,‎ Cao Dai,‎ Cheondoism,‎ Christianity,‎ deism,‎ Druidry,‎ Eckankar,‎ Heathenry,‎ Hinduism,‎ Islam,‎ Jainism,‎ Judaism,‎ Kimbanguism,‎ Odinism,‎ paganism,‎ Raëlism,‎ Rastafarianism,‎ Rodnovery,‎ Sanamahism,‎ Shinto,‎ Sikhism,‎ Taoism,‎ Thelema,‎ Unitarian Universalism,‎ Wicca,‎ Yazidism,‎ Yoruba,‎ Zoroastrianism ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}
• (subdivisions): Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Hinayana Buddhism
• Mahayana Buddhism
• Theravada Buddhism

• Vajrayana Buddhism
• Won Buddhism
• Zen Buddhism

Related terms

• Buddha
• Buddhist

Translations

religion and philosophy

• Albanian: budizëm (sq) m
• Arabic: بُوذِيَّة‎ f (būḏiyya)
• Armenian: բուդդիզմ (hy) (buddizm), բուդդայականություն (hy) (buddayakanutʿyun)
• Asturian: budismu (ast) m
• Basque: Budismo
• Belarusian: буды́зм m (budýzm)
• Bengali: বৌদ্ধ ধর্ম (bouddh dhôrm)
• Breton: boudaegezh (br) f
• Bulgarian: буди́зъм m (budízǎm)
• Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ (buddha.bhasa)
• Catalan: budisme m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 佛教 (fat⁶ gaau³)

  Dungan: фәҗё (fəži͡o)

  Hakka: 佛教 (fu̍t-kau)

  Mandarin: 佛教 (zh) (fójiào)

  Min Dong: 佛教 (hŭk-gáu)

  Min Nan: 佛教 (zh-min-nan) (hu̍t-kàu, pu̍t-kàu)

  Wu: 佛教 (veq jiau)

• Czech: buddhismus (cs) m
• Danish: buddhisme (da) c
• Dutch: boeddhisme (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ནང་པ (nang pa)
• Esperanto: budhismo (eo)
• Estonian: budism
• Finnish: buddhalaisuus (fi)
• French: bouddhisme (fr) m
• Galician: budismo (gl) m
• Georgian: ბუდიზმი (ka) (budizmi)
• German: Buddhismus (de) m
• Greek: βουδισμός (el) m (voudismós)
• Hebrew: בּוּדְהִיזְם‎ (he) m (budhizm)
• Hindi: बौद्ध धर्म m (bauddh dharm)
• Hungarian: buddhizmus (hu)
• Indonesian: agama Buddha
• Irish: Búdachas m
• Italian: buddismo (it) m
• Japanese: 仏教 (ja) (ぶっきょう, bukkyō)
• Kashmiri: بُدھ مَت‎ (budh mat)
• Khmer: ព្រះពុទ្ធសាសនា (preah put saasnaa), ពុទ្ធនិយម (put ni’yum)
• Korean: 불교(佛敎) (ko) (bulgyo)
• Lao: ສາດສະໜາພຸດ (sāt sa nā phut)
• Latvian: budisms m

• Lithuanian: budizmas m
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: буди́зам m (budízam)
• Malay: agama Buddha
• Maltese: Buddiżmu
• Mon: ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ
• Mongolian: буддизм (mn) (buddizm)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buddhisme (no) m

  Nynorsk: buddhisme m

• Persian: مذهب بودا‎ (mazhab-e budâ)
• Polish: buddyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: budismo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬੁੱਧ ਧਰਮ (buddha dharam)
• Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: budism (ro) n
• Russian: будди́зм (ru) m (buddízm)
• Santali: ᱵᱩᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ (buddhô dhôrôm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: будизам m

  Roman: budizam (sh) m

• Shan: ပုၵ်ႉထႃႉၽႃႇသႃႇ (pṵ̂k thâ̰a phàa sàa)
• Sindhi: ٻڌمت‎, ٻڌ ڌرم‎
• Slovak: budhizmus (sk) m
• Slovene: budizem (sl) m
• Spanish: budismo (es) m
• Swahili: Ubudha
• Swedish: buddhism (sv) c, buddism (sv) c
• Telugu: బౌద్ధము (te) (bauddhamu)
• Thai: ศาสนาพุทธ (sàat-sà-nǎa pút)
• Tibetan: ནང་བསྟན (nang bstan)
• Turkish: Budizm (tr)
• Tuvan: сарыг шажын (sarıg şajın)
• Ukrainian: будди́зм (uk) m (buddýzm)
• Urdu: بدھ مت‎ (ur) f (buddh mat)
• Vietnamese: phật giáo, đạo phật
• Volapük: bud (vo)
• Welsh: Bwdhaeth f, Bwdïaeth f
• Western Panjabi: بدھ مت‎
• Yiddish: בודהיזם‎ m (budhizm)
• Zhuang: Fozgyau