English Explanatory Dictionary

pagoda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Hindu temple.
  2. A tall building in an Indian, Burmese, or Thai style erected at Hindu or Buddhist temples in South and Southeast Asia, a stupa surmounted with a high point.
  3. A multi-storey tower in a Chinese style used in various contexts across East Asia and Nepal, usually with upturned curving roofs above each storey.
  4. Alternative form of pagod, an idol, chiefly in South and Southeast Asia.
  5. A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.
  6. Short for pagoda sleeve.

Pronunciation

/pəˈɡoʊ.də/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-pagoda.wav /pəˈɡəʊ.də/

Word forms

pagoda pagodas pagod pagodah pagodo bagoda pagode pagothe pagotha pagodoe

Etymology

From Portuguese pagode (“Hindu temple, Hindu idol, pagoda coin”), from any of various Dravidian languages' words of respectful address to Hindu gods and idols and their temples, including Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti, “Durga temple”), Kannada, and Tamil பகவதி (pakavati, “Durga, Parvati”), possibly corrupted under the influence of Portuguese pagão (“pagan”), all ultimately from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, “Holy One, used for goddesses”). Previously but mistakenly connected with various other languages from Persia to China.

Related words

stupa wat

Derived words

Barbie pagoda pagoda dogwood pagodaed pagoda flower pagodal pagodaless pagoda-like pagodalike pagoda mast pagodane pagoda plant pagoda tree pagodic pagodiform pagodite star pagoda

Translations

Albanian: pagodë Arabic: بَاغُودٰ Armenian: պագոդա Asturian: pagoda Azerbaijani: paqoda Belarusian: па́гада Bengali: প্যাগোডা Bulgarian: па́года Burmese: ဘုရား Burmese: စေတီ Catalan: pagoda Chinese Cantonese: 寶塔 /宝塔 Chinese Mandarin: 寶塔 /宝塔 Chinese Mandarin: 塔 Czech: pagoda Danish: pagode Dutch: pagode Esperanto: pagodo Estonian: pagood Finnish: pagodi French: pagode Friulian: pagode Galician: pagode Georgian: პაგოდა German: Pagode Greek: παγόδα Hebrew: פָּגוֹדָה Hindi: पगोडा Hindi: बुत-कदा Hindi: बुत-ख़ाना Hindi: देवल Hindi: मन्दिर Hungarian: pagoda Indonesian: pagoda Italian: pagoda Japanese: パゴダ Japanese: 塔 Japanese: 五輪の塔 Japanese: 仏塔 Japanese: 五重の塔 Japanese: 五重塔 Japanese: 石塔 Japanese: 三重塔 Japanese: 塔婆 Khmer: វត្ត Korean: 탑 Korean: 탑파 Northern Kurdish: pagoda Lao: ທາດ Lao: ເຈດີ Lao: ສະຖູບ Latvian: pagoda Lithuanian: pagoda Macedonian: пагода Malay: pagoda Marathi: पॅगोडा Mon: ကျာ် Mon: စေတဳ
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