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buddha
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See also: Buddha
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
buddha (countable and uncountable, plural buddhas)
- A human being who has become enlightened (in Buddhism).
- 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?
- (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
Related terms
Translations
enlightened human
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statue or image of Buddha
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
buddha m anim
- buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)
Declension
Declension of buddha (masculine animate in -a)
Further reading
- “buddha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “buddha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
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Finnish
Etymology
< Buddha
Pronunciation
Noun
buddha
- buddha (enlightened human)
Declension
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Noun
buddha (plural buddhák)
- buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)
Declension
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Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “enlightened, awakened”).
Noun
buddha
Proper noun
buddha
- Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
Derived terms
- kabuddhan
- kahyaṅbuddhan
- Buddha-Śiwa
- Śiwa-Buddha
Descendants
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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “enlightened, awakened”).
Proper noun
buddha m
Noun
buddha m
Verb
buddha
Declension
Declension table of "buddha" (masculine)
Declension table of "buddhā" (feminine)
Declension table of "buddha" (neuter)
Further reading
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “buddha”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
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Swedish
Noun
buddha c
Declension
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