佛陀

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (佛陀)		佛	陀

Etymology

Borrowed from the pronunciation of Pali buddha or Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha) using the Middle Chinese pronunciations for 佛 (/bɨut̚/) and 陀 (/dɑ/).

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 佛陀

1. Buddha
2. Enlightenment

Synonyms

• (short form) 佛 (fó)
• 浮屠 (Fútú)
• 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佛陀):

• → Japanese: 仏陀(ぶつだ) (Butsuda)
• → Korean: 불타(佛陀) (Bulta)
• → Vietnamese: Phật Đà (佛陀)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
佛	陀
ぶつ Jinmeiyō	だ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Proper noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 仏陀: Buddha

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Korean

Hanja in this term
佛	陀

Proper noun

佛陀 • (Bulta) (hangeul 불타)

1. hanja form^? of 불타 (“Buddha”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
佛	陀

Proper noun

佛陀

1. chữ Hán form of Phật Đà (“Buddha”).