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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Buddha + -ism
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈbʊ.dɪ.zəm/ , /ˈbu.dɪ.zəm/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Noun
Buddhism (usually uncountable , plural Buddhisms )
The religion or philosophy derived from the teachings of Gautama Buddha .
Coordinate terms
(religions ) religion ; agnosticism , Asatru , atheism , Ayyavazhi , Baháʼí Faith , Bon , Buddhism , Cao Dai , Cheondoism , Christianity , deism , Druidry , Druze , Eckankar , Heathenry , Hinduism , Islam , Jainism , Jediism , Judaism , Kimbanguism , Odinism , paganism , Pastafarianism , Raëlism , Rastafarianism , Rodnovery , Romuva , Samaritanism , Sanamahism , Shinto , Sikhism , Taoism , Tengrism , Thelema , Unitarian Universalism , Wicca , Yahwism , Yazidism , Yoruba , Zoroastrianism (Category: en:Religion )
(subdivisions): Theravada , Mahayana , Vajrayana
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Translations
religion and philosophy
Albanian: budizëm (sq) m
Amharic: ቡዲስም ( budism )
Arabic: بُوذِيَّة (ar) f ( būḏiyya )
Armenian: բուդդիզմ (hy) ( buddizm ) , բուդդայականություն (hy) ( buddayakanutʻyun )
Assamese: বৌদ্ধ ধৰ্ম ( bouddho dhormo )
Asturian: budismu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: buddizm
Bashkir: буддизм ( buddizm )
Basque: Budismo
Belarusian: буды́зм m ( budýzm )
Bengali: বৌদ্ধ ধর্ম ( bōuddho dhormo )
Breton: boudaegezh (br) f
Bulgarian: буди́зъм m ( budízǎm )
Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ (my) ( buddha.bhasa )
Buryat: буддын шажан ( buddyn šažan )
Catalan: budisme m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 佛教 ( fat6 gaau3 )
Dungan: фәҗё ( fəži͡o )
Eastern Min: 佛教 ( hŭk-gáu )
Hakka: 佛教 ( fu̍t-kau )
Hokkien: 佛教 (zh-min-nan) ( hu̍t-kàu, pu̍t-kàu )
Mandarin: 佛教 (zh) ( fójiào )
Wu: 佛教 ( 8 veq-ciau)
Czech: buddhismus (cs) m
Danish: buddhisme (da) c
Dutch: boeddhisme (nl) n
Dzongkha: ནང་པ ( nang pa )
Esperanto: budhismo (eo)
Estonian: budism
Finnish: buddhalaisuus (fi)
French: bouddhisme (fr) m
Galician: budismo (gl) m
Georgian: ბუდიზმი (ka) ( budizmi )
German: Buddhismus (de) m
Greek: βουδισμός (el) m ( voudismós )
Gujarati: બૌદ્ધ ધર્મ ( bauddh dharma )
Hebrew: בּוּדְהִיזְם (he) m ( budhizm )
Hindi: बौद्ध धर्म m ( bauddh dharm )
Hungarian: buddhizmus (hu)
Icelandic: búddismi (is) m
Indonesian: agama Buddha
Irish: Búdachas m
Italian: buddismo (it) m
Japanese: 仏教 (ja) ( ぶっきょう, bukkyō )
Kannada: ಬೌದ್ಧ ಧರ್ಮ (kn) ( bauddha dharma )
Kashmiri: بُدھ مَت ( budh mat )
Kazakh: буддизм (kk) ( buddizm )
Khmer: ពុទ្ធសាសនា ( putthĕəʼ saasaʼniə ) , ពុទ្ធនិយម ( put niyum )
Korean: 불교(佛敎) (ko) ( bulgyo )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: budîzm (ku)
Kyrgyz: бурканчылык ( burkancılık ) , буддизм ( buddizm )
Lao: ສາດສະໜາ ພຸດ ( sāt sa nāphut )
Latin: Buddhismus m
Latvian: budisms m
Lithuanian: budizmas m
Lü: ᦝᦴᧉᦶᦈᧁᧈ ( fuu²ṫsaew¹ ) , ᦉᦱᦉᦓᦱᦷᦅᦎᦙ ( ṡaaṡnaakoṫm ) , ᦉᦱᦉᦓᦱᦘᦈᧁᧉ ( ṡaaṡnaaphṫsaw² )
Macedonian: буди́зам m ( budízam )
Malay: agama Buddha
Malayalam: ബുദ്ധമതം (ml) ( buddhamataṁ )
Maltese: Buddiżmu
Marathi: बौद्ध धर्म m ( bauddha dharma )
Mon: ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: буддизм (mn) ( buddizm ) , буддын шашин ( buddyn šašin ) , бурхан шашин ( burxan šašin ) , бурхны шашин ( burxny šašin )
Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠳ᠋ᠳ᠋ᠾᠢᠽᠮ ( buddhizm ) , ᠪᠤᠳ᠋ᠳ᠋ᠾᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠱᠠᠰᠢᠨ ( buddha-yin šasin ) , ᠪᠤᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠱᠠᠰᠢᠨ ( burqan šasin ) , ᠪᠤᠷᠬᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠱᠠᠰᠢᠨ ( burqan-u šasin )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: buddhisme (no) m
Nynorsk: buddhisme m
Odia: ବୌଦ୍ଧ ଧର୍ମ ( bôuddhô dhôrmô )
Pashto: بودايي دین m ( budāyī dīn ) , بوديزم m ( budizm )
Persian: مذهب بودا ( mazhab-e budâ ) , آیین بودا ( âyin-e budâ ) , آیین بودایی ( âyin-e budâyi ) , بودیسم (fa) ( budism )
Polish: buddyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: budismo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਬੁੱਧ ਧਰਮ ( buddha dharam )
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: budism (ro) n
Russian: будди́зм (ru) m ( buddízm )
Sanskrit: बौद्धधर्म m ( bauddhadharma )
Santali: ᱵᱩᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱨᱚᱢ ( buddhô dhôrôm )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: будѝзам m
Roman: budìzam (sh) m
Shan: ပုၵ်ႉထႃႉၽႃႇသႃႇ ( pṵ̂k thâ̰a phàa sàa )
Sindhi: ٻڌمت , ٻڌ ڌرم
Sinhalese: බුද්ධාගම ( buddhāgama )
Slovak: budhizmus (sk) m
Slovene: budizem (sl) m
Spanish: budismo (es) m
Swahili: Ubudha
Swedish: buddhism (sv) c , buddism (sv) c
Tagalog: budismo
Tajik: буддизм ( buddizm ) , буддоия ( buddoyiya )
Tamil: பௌத்தம் ( pauttam )
Tatar: буддачылык ( buddaçılıq ) , буддизм ( buddizm )
Telugu: బౌద్ధము (te) ( bauddhamu )
Thai: ศาสนา พุทธ ( sàat-sà-nǎa pút )
Tibetan: ནང་བསྟན ( nang bstan )
Turkish: Budizm (tr)
Turkmen: buddaçylyk , buddizm (tk)
Tuvan: сарыг шажын ( sarıg şajın )
Ukrainian: будди́зм (uk) m ( buddýzm )
Urdu: بدھ مت (ur) f ( buddh mat )
Uyghur: بۇددا دىنى ( budda dini )
Uzbek: buddizm (uz) , budda dini
Vietnamese: phật giáo , đạo phật
Volapük: bud (vo)
Welsh: Bwdhaeth f , Bwdïaeth f
Western Panjabi: بدھ مت
Yiddish: בודהיזם m ( budhizm )
Zhuang: Fuzgyau
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