English Explanatory Dictionary

Buddha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
noun
  1. Any other person considered similarly enlightened.
  2. Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.
  3. A statue or image of any Buddha.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Buddha.
  2. Marijuana.

Pronunciation

bo͝odə /ˈbʊdə/ /ˈbudə/ en-us-buddha.ogg /ˈbʉdə/ /ˈbʊdːʰə/

Word forms

Buddha the Buddha Budda Buddhah Boodha Buddhas

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”).

Synonyms

Siddhartha Siddhartha Gautama Gautama Buddha Sakyamuni Sakyamuni Buddha Vishnu know-it-all or smartass bhang benj boo broccoli bud buddha cannabis cheeba choof daccha dank devil's lettuce djamba doja doobage dope endo gage ganja ganj grass green greenery hash hashish hemp herb Mary Jane MJ marihoochie marijuana Mary Joanna method mezz muggle mull pot puff reefer sens sensimillia sensimilla shit sweetleaf tea Texas tea trees twig wacky tobaccy weed yarndie zaza zombie

Derived words

Amitābha Buddha Buddha-field Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Buddhalike Eyes of Buddha Gautam Buddha Nagar Śākyamuni Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha Buddha-dharma Buddhahood Buddha-nature Buddha's delight Buddhisation Buddhism Buddhist Buddhization Buddhological Buddhologist Buddhology

Translations

Arabic: بُوذَا Azerbaijani: budda Bashkir: будда Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓ Chinese Cantonese: 佛 Eastern Min Chinese: 佛 Chinese: 佛 Chinese Mandarin: 佛 Chinese Mandarin: 佛陀 Esperanto: budho Finnish: buddha French: bouddha Galician: Buda Georgian: ბუდა German: Buddha Greek: βούδας Hebrew: בודהה Hungarian: buddha Irish: búda Japanese: 仏陀 Japanese: 仏 Kazakh: будда Khmer: សម្ពុទ្ធ Khmer: ពុទ្ធ Korean: 부처 Korean: 불타 Lao: ພຣະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ Maithili: बुद्धत्व Malayalam: ബുദ്ധൻ Marathi: बुद्ध Mongolian: бурхан Persian: بودا Polish: budda Portuguese: buda Russian: бу́дда Sanskrit: बुद्ध Sinhalese: සම්මා සම්බුදුවරු Spanish: Buda Tamil: புத்தத்தன்மை Thai: พระพุทธเจ้า Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས Tok Pisin: buda Vietnamese: phật Vietnamese: phật đà Vietnamese: phật tổ Vietnamese: bụt Zhuang: baed
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