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See also: pagodă

English

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The pagoda at Shitennoji in Osaka
A star pagoda of the Madras Presidency with Vishnu on the obverse and star on the reverse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti) from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /pəˈɡoʊ.də/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

pagoda (plural pagodas)

  1. A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.
    • 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
      On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas.
  2. (now rare, usually in form pagod) An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol.
  3. (historical) A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.
    • 1693 January 2 (date written; Gregorian calendar), J. Talboys Wheeler, compiler, “Governorship of Mr. Nathaniel Higginson. 1692–1698.”, in Madras in the Olden Time: Being a History of the Presidency from the First Foundation of the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham. 1639–1702. , Madras: J. Higginbotham, , by Graves and Co., Scottish Press, published 1861, →OCLC, page 262:
      he Mahrattas having offered Alimerdy Khan his liberty for a lak of Pagodas; he does in the Nabob's name desire that the Governor of Madras would receive jewels and money to that amount into his custody, []
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 240:
      I, in about two hours, notwithstanding the utmost caution, found myself minus upwards of six hundred pagodas .
  4. An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden.
  5. (rare) A pagoda sleeve.

Derived terms

Translations

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Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈɡoda/,
  • Rhymes: -oda
  • Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da

Noun

pagoda f (plural pagodes)

  1. pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves)

Czech

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Pronunciation

Noun

pagoda f

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Declension

Further reading

  • pagoda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • pagoda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Noun

pagoda (plural pagodák)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pagoda pagodák
accusative pagodát pagodákat
dative pagodának pagodáknak
instrumental pagodával pagodákkal
causal-final pagodáért pagodákért
translative pagodává pagodákká
terminative pagodáig pagodákig
essive-formal pagodaként pagodákként
essive-modal
inessive pagodában pagodákban
superessive pagodán pagodákon
adessive pagodánál pagodáknál
illative pagodába pagodákba
sublative pagodára pagodákra
allative pagodához pagodákhoz
elative pagodából pagodákból
delative pagodáról pagodákról
ablative pagodától pagodáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pagodáé pagodáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pagodáéi pagodákéi
Possessive forms of pagoda
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pagodám pagodáim
2nd person sing. pagodád pagodáid
3rd person sing. pagodája pagodái
1st person plural pagodánk pagodáink
2nd person plural pagodátok pagodáitok
3rd person plural pagodájuk pagodáik

Derived terms

Further reading

  • pagoda in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

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pagoda

Etymology

From Portuguese pagode, which is via Tamil, from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess) or भागवत (bhāgavata, follower of Bhagavatī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da

Noun

pagoda (plural pagoda-pagoda)

  1. pagoda: a religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.

See also

Further reading

Italian

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Etymology

From Portuguese pagode, which is via Tamil from Sanskrit भगवती (Bhagavatī, name of a goddess) or भागवत (Bhāgavata, follower of Bhagavatī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈɡɔ.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɔda
  • Hyphenation: pa‧gò‧da

Noun

pagoda f (plural pagode)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Latvian

Pronunciation

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Noun

pagoda f (4th declension)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Declension

Lithuanian

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Noun

pagoda f (plural pagodos)

  1. pagoda

Declension

Polish

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈɡɔ.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔda
  • Syllabification: pa‧go‧da

Noun

pagoda f (related adjective pagodowy)

  1. pagoda

Declension

Further reading

  • pagoda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pagoda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǎɡoda/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da

Noun

pàgoda f (Cyrillic spelling па̀года)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

pagoda f (plural pagodas)

  1. pagoda

Further reading