Budai

== English == === Alternative forms === Putai === Etymology === Derived from Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài, “cloth sack”). === Pronunciation === enPR: bo͞oʹdīʹ Hyphenation: Bu‧dai === Proper noun === Budai (Buddhism) A 10th-century monk, revered as Maitreya, a bodhisattva, in the Mahayana Buddhist pantheon; the Laughing Buddha. An urban township in Chiayi County, Taiwan. === Noun === Budai (plural Budais) A statue or image of Budai. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Badiu, Baidu, Bádiu, Dubai, Ubaid == Hungarian == === Etymology === From Buda +‎ -i. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbudɒji] === Proper noun === Budai a habitational surname == Italian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Budai m or f by sense a surname from Friulian === Further reading === Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2026