Buddha

English

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Gautama Buddha

Wikipedia

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/

• Audio (US)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊdːʰə/ (only in technical contexts) – approximation of Hindustani , 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

1. 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)

1. Any other person considered similarly enlightened in Buddhist contexts.

   At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does.

   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part I, page 196:

     “Mind,” he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus-flower - “Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this.”

2. Any other person considered similarly enlightened in other contexts.

   There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century.

3. (figurative, ironic) Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.
   • 2007 February 20, Chris Chibnall, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 2:

     Sam: Well, our first priority is to make sure the thieves don't strike again. It'll be tricky, 'cause these sorts of gangs rarely have just one target on the go. They've usually researched half a dozen possibilities, waiting for the most opportune circumstances on any of them.
     Harry Woolf: He knows his onions, this lad, eh?
     Gene Hunt: Oh, he's a right little smart-arse. So, what do you suggest, Buddha?

4. A statue or image of any Buddha.

   I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha.

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Pali buddha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbudhɑ/,
• IPA^(key): /ˈbudːhɑ/,
• Rhymes: -udːhɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Budd‧ha

Proper noun

Buddha

1. Buddha

Declension

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊda/

• Audio

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Noun

Buddha m (strong, genitive Buddhas, plural Buddhas)

1. buddha

Declension

Further reading

• “Buddha (Abbild, Statue)” in Duden online
• “Buddha (Ehrentitel)” in Duden online
• “Buddha” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbud.da/
• Rhymes: -udda
• Hyphenation: Bùd‧dha

Noun

Buddha m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of Budda

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “enlightened, awakened”)

Proper noun

Buddha m

1. (Buddhism) Buddha, the enlightened one.

Descendants