hungry ghost

English

WOTD – 30 January 2012

Pronunciation

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Noun

hungry ghost (plural hungry ghosts)

1. (Buddhism, Chinese folk religion) A type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.

Synonyms

• preta

Translations

in Buddhism, a type of supernatural being

• Burmese: ပြိတ္တာ (my) (pritta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 餓鬼／饿鬼 (zh) (èguǐ)

• Finnish: nälkäinen haamu
• German: Hungergeist m
• Japanese: 餓鬼 (ja) (gaki)
• Korean: 아귀 (ko) (agwi)
• Malay: hantu lapar
• Mongolian: бирд (mn) (bird)
• Portuguese: espírito faminto m
• Russian: преты pl (prety)
• Sanskrit: प्रेत (sa) (preta)
• Thai: เปรต (th) (bprèet)
• Tibetan: ཡི་དྭགས (yi dwags)
• Tocharian B: prete
• Vietnamese: ma đói, ngạ quỷ (vi)