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buddha

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See also: Buddha

English

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Noun

buddha (countable and uncountable, plural buddhas)

  1. A human being who has become enlightened (in Buddhism).
  2. A statue or image of the Buddha.
    • 1967, R. D. Laing, The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise:
      What the [expletive] are you doing with a buddha as a lampstand?
  3. (US hip-hop slang) marijuana
    • 1994, The Notorious B.I.G., “Everyday Struggle”, in Ready to Die:
      I know how it feel to wake up fucked up
      Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell
      People look at you like you's the user
      Sellin' drugs to all the losers, mad buddha abuser
    • 1994, Nas, “It Ain't Hard to Tell”, in Illmatic:
      It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
      The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
      My mic check is life or death, breathin' a sniper's breath
      I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbudɦa]
  • Hyphenation: budd‧ha

Noun

buddha m anim

  1. buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)

Declension

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Finnish

Etymology

< Buddha

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbud(ː)hɑ/, [ˈbud.(d)hɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ud(ː)hɑ
  • Syllabification(key): budd‧ha
  • Hyphenation(key): budd‧ha

Noun

buddha

  1. buddha (enlightened human)

Declension

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbuthɒ]
  • Hyphenation: budd‧ha
  • Rhymes: -hɒ

Noun

buddha (plural buddhák)

  1. buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)

Declension

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More information possessor, single possession ...
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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, enlightened, awakened).

Noun

buddha

  1. (Buddhism) Buddha, buddha:
    1. a human being who has become enlightened.
    2. a statue or image of the Buddha.
  2. Buddhist
  3. Buddhist clergy

Proper noun

buddha

  1. Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

Derived terms

  • kabuddhan
  • kahyaṅbuddhan
  • Buddha-Śiwa
  • Śiwa-Buddha

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦧꦸꦢ (buda) (inherited)
  • Balinese: ᬩᬸᬤ᭄ᬥ (buda)

Further reading

  • "buddha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, enlightened, awakened).

Proper noun

buddha m

  1. (Buddhism) Buddha, the enlightened one

Noun

buddha m

  1. (Buddhism) buddha

Verb

buddha

  1. past participle of bujjhati

Declension

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “buddha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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Swedish

Noun

buddha c

  1. buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)
  2. Buddha

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

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