arhat

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy of worship”), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. Doublet of arahant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːhæt/

Noun

arhat (plural arhats)

1. (Buddhism) One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
   • 1954: Over and against the arhat, retreating from appearances into an entirely transcendental Nirvana, stands the Bodhisattva, for whom Suchness and the world of contingencies are one — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 32)
2. (Jainism) One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta.

Derived terms

• arhathood
• arhatship

Translations

a Buddhist saint

• Bengali: অর্হৎ (bn) (orhot), অর্হত (orhot)
• Burmese: ရဟန္တာ (my) (ra.hanta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿羅漢／阿罗汉 (zh) (āluóhàn)

• Hindi: अर्हन्त m (arhant), अरहन्त (hi) m (arhant), अरिहंत (hi) m (arihant), अर्हत (hi) m (arhat)
• Japanese: 阿羅漢 (ja) (arakan)
• Khmer: អរហន្ត (km) (ʼârôhntâ)
• Korean: 아라한 (ko) (arahan)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Manchu: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: अर्हत m (arhat)
• Mon: please add this translation if you can
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• Polish: arhant m, arhat m
• Portuguese: arhat m
• Russian: арха́т (ru) m (arxát)
• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: අරහත් (arahat)
• Tamil: அருகதர் (arukatar)
• Thai: พระอรหันต
• Tibetan: དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ (dgra bcom pa)
• Urdu: ارہنت m (arhant)
• Vietnamese: A-la-hán, la hán (vi)

Anagrams

• Hatra, Ahart, HAART, Tarah, artha, Artha

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈarxat/
• Rhymes: -arxat
• Syllabification: ar‧hat

Noun

arhat m pers

1. (Buddhism) Alternative spelling of arhant

Declension

Declension of arhat

	singular	plural
nominative	arhat	arhaci/arhaty (deprecative)
genitive	arhata	arhatów
dative	arhatowi	arhatom
accusative	arhata	arhatów
instrumental	arhatem	arhatami
locative	arhacie	arhatach
vocative	arhacie	arhaci

Further reading

• arhat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

arhat m (plural arhats)

1. (Buddhism) arhat (a Buddhist saint)