بوذاسف

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sogdian [script needed] (bōdisaf /⁠pwtysβ⁠/), perhaps under influence from Middle Persian [script needed] (bōdāsp /⁠bwtʾsp⁠/), both ultimately from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? bōḏāsaf
Dari reading? bōzāsaf
Iranian reading? buzâsaf
Tajik reading? büzosaf

Noun

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بوذاسَف (buzâsaf)

  1. Alternative form of بوداسف (budâsaf, Bodhisattva).

Proper noun

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بوذاسَف (buzâsaf)

  1. (obsolete) the Buddha
  2. A figure in the Islamic literary tradition vaguely inspired by the Buddha, often said to have been a pagan philosopher who preached metempsychosis.