Buddha

== English == === Alternative forms === Budda (uncommon) Buddhah Boodha (archaic) buddha (common noun, senses 2 and 3) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Pali Buddha (“the Awakened One, the Enlightened One”), from buddha (“awakened, enlightened”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”), past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake, to awaken”). Distantly related to English bid and bede. Also cognate with Proto-Slavic *buditi (“to wake up”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bo͝odə, IPA(key): /ˈbʊdə/ (General American) enPR: bo͞odə, IPA(key): /ˈbudə/ IPA(key): /ˈbʊdːʰə/ (only in technical contexts) – approximation of Hindustani [ˈbʊdːʱə], which features a geminate ‘d’ and breathy voice on the second ‘d’, neither of which is idiomatic to English Rhymes: -ʊdə, -uːdə Homophone: Buda (one pronunciation of each word) === Proper noun === the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism. ==== Usage notes ==== Properly preceded by the definite article the, although frequently treated as a proper name rather than a title. ==== Synonyms ==== Siddhartha, Siddhartha Gautama, Gautama Buddha, Sakyamuni, Sakyamuni Buddha; Vishnu (within Hinduism) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Buddha (plural Buddhas) (Buddhism) Any other person considered similarly enlightened. (by extension) Any other person considered similarly enlightened. (figurative, ironic) Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are. A statue or image of any Buddha. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Derived from Pali buddha. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbud(ː)hɑ/, [ˈbud.(d)hɑ̝] Rhymes: -ud(ː)hɑ Syllabification(key): Budd‧ha Hyphenation(key): Budd‧ha === Proper noun === Buddha Buddha ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʊda/ === Noun === Buddha m (strong, genitive Buddhas, plural Buddhas) buddha ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Buddha (Abbild, Statue)” in Duden online “Buddha (Ehrentitel)” in Duden online “Buddha” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Indonesian == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Pali Buddha (“the Awakened One, the Enlightened One”), from buddha (“awakened, enlightened”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”), past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake, to awaken”). Doublet of Buda === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbudha/ [ˈbut̪̚.ha] Rhymes: -udha Syllabification: Bud‧dha === Proper noun === Buddha (Buddhism) the Buddha === Noun === Buddha (countable and uncountable, plural Buddha-Buddha) (Buddhism, countable) Buddha (enlightened human) (Buddhism, uncountable) Buddhism (religion and philosophy) === Derived terms === === Further reading === “Buddha”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbud.da/ Rhymes: -udda Hyphenation: Bùd‧dha === Noun === Buddha m (invariable) alternative spelling of Budda == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Inherited from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “enlightened, awakened”) === Proper noun === Buddha m (Buddhism) Buddha (the enlightened one) ==== Descendants ====