garuda

See also: Garuda

English

statue of Garuda

Etymology

From Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæɹʊdə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɹuːdə/

Noun

garuda (plural garudas)

1. A large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda is the son of Vinata.

Translations

large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology

• Assamese: গৰুল (gorul)
• Balinese: ᬕᬭᬸᬥ (garuda)
• Bengali: গরুড় (bn) (goruṛ)
• Burmese: ဂဠုန် (my) (ga.lun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迦樓羅／迦楼罗 (zh) (jiālóuluó)

• Hindi: गरुड़ (garuṛ)
• Indonesian: garuda (id)
• Japanese: ガルダ (garuda), 迦楼羅 (ja) (karura)
• Kannada: ಗರುಡ (kn) (garuḍa)
• Khmer: គ្រុឌ (km) (krut)
• Malayalam: ഗരുഡൻ (ml) (garuḍaṉ)
• Marathi: गरुड m (garuḍ)
• Mon: သ္ပဝ်
• Mongolian: гарьд (garʹd)
• Polish: garuda (pl) m
• Russian: гару́да f (garúda)
• Sanskrit: गरुड (sa) m (garuḍa)
• Shan: ၵႃလူၼ်ႇ (shn) (kǎa lùun)
• Sundanese: dadali
• Tamil: கருடன் (ta) (karuṭaṉ)
• Telugu: గరుడి (te) (garuḍi)
• Thai: ครุฑ (th) (krút), พญาครุฑ
• Tibetan: ཁྱུང (khyung)

Further reading

• garuda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Balinese

Romanization

garuda

1. Romanization of ᬕᬭᬸᬥ

Indonesian

garuda (Nisaetus bartelsi)

Etymology

From Javanese ꦒꦫꦸꦣ (garudha, “eagle”), from Old Javanese garuḍa, from Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈruda/
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: ga‧ru‧da

Noun

garuda (first-person possessive garudaku, second-person possessive garudamu, third-person possessive garudanya)

1. garuda: A large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda is the son of Vinata. The bird is represented as an eagle, especially as elang Jawa or Javan hawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi).
   1. (colloquial) The Indonesian official coat of arms, Garuda Pancasila.
   2. (colloquial) The Indonesian national airline, Garuda Indonesia.

Alternative forms

• geroda (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “garuda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.