Buddha

See also: buddha

English

1st century CE sculpture of a Buddha

Alternative forms

• Budda (uncommon)
• Boodha (archaic)
• buddha (common noun, senses 2 and 3)

Etymology

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From Pali buddha (“awakened, enlightened”), Buddha (“the Buddha”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”) past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “wake”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, aware”), whence also English bid and bede.

Pronunciation

• enPR: bo͝odə, IPA^(key): /bʊdə/
• enPR: bo͞odə, IPA^(key): /buːdə/
• IPA^(key): /bʊdːʰə/ (only in technical contexts) – approximation of Hindustani [ˈbʊdːʱə], which features a geminate ‘d’ and breathy voice on the second ‘d’, neither of which is idiomatic to English
• Rhymes: -ʊdə, -uːdə

Proper noun

Buddha

1. Buddha Shakyamuni, spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama.

Translations

spiritual and philosophical teacher

• Albanian: Buda (sq) m
• Arabic: بُوذَا m (būḏā)
• Armenian: Բուդդա (hy) (Budda)
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀥 (budha)
• Assamese: বুদ্ধ (buddho)
• Azerbaijani: Budda
• Belarusian: Бу́да m (Búda)
• Bengali: বুদ্ধ (buddhô)
• Bulgarian: Бу́да m (Búda)
• Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓ (my) (buddha.), ဘုရား (my) (bhu.ra:)
• Catalan: Buda m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 佛 (fat⁶), 佛陀 (fat⁶ to⁴), 浮屠 (fau⁴ tou⁴), 浮圖／浮图 (fau⁴ tou⁴), 浮图 (fau⁴ tou⁴), 佛馱／佛驮, 佛驮 (fat⁶ to⁴), 浮陀 (fau⁴ to⁴), 休屠 (jau¹ tou⁴), 浮頭／浮头, 浮头 (fau⁴ tau⁴), 勃陀 (but⁶ to⁴), 勃馱／勃驮, 勃驮 (but⁶ to⁴), 部多 (bou⁶ do¹), 部陀 (bou⁶ to⁴), 毋陀 (mou⁴ to⁴), 沒馱／没驮, 没驮 (mut⁶ to⁴), 沸馱／沸驮, 沸驮 (fai³ to⁴), 步他 (bou³ taa¹), 復豆／复豆, 复豆 (fuk⁶ dou⁶), 佛圖／佛图, 佛图 (fat⁶ tou⁴), 物他 (mat⁶ taa¹), 馞陀 (but⁶ to⁴), 沒陀／没陀, 没陀 (mut⁶ to⁴), 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (sik¹ gaa¹ mau⁴ nei⁴), 释迦牟尼 (sik¹ gaa¹ mau⁴ nei⁴), 佛祖 (fat⁶ zou²), 釋迦／释迦 (sik¹ gaa¹), 释迦 (sik¹ gaa¹), 釋迦牟尼佛／释迦牟尼佛, 释迦牟尼佛 (sik¹ gaa¹ mau⁴ nei⁴ fat⁶), 釋迦佛／释迦佛, 释迦佛 (sik¹ gaa¹ fat⁶)

  Dungan: фә (fə)

  Hakka: 佛 (fu̍t), 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼, 释迦牟尼 (Sit-kâ-meù-nì), 佛祖 (fu̍t-chú)

  Mandarin: 佛 (zh) (Fó), 佛陀 (zh) (Fótuó), 浮屠 (zh) (Fútú), 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼 (zh) (Shìjiāmóuní), 释迦牟尼 (zh) (Shìjiāmóuní), 浮圖／浮图 (zh) (Fútú), 浮图 (zh) (Fútú), 佛馱／佛驮, 佛驮 (Fótuó), 浮陀 (Fútuó), 休屠 (zh) (Xiūtú), 浮頭／浮头 (zh) (fútóu), 浮头 (zh) (Fútóu), 勃陀 (zh) (Bótuó), 勃馱／勃驮, 勃驮 (Bótuó), 部多 (Bùduō), 部陀 (Bùtuó), 毋陀 (Wútuó), 沒馱／没驮, 没驮 (Mòtuó), 沸馱／沸驮, 沸驮 (Fèituó), 步他 (Bùtā), 復豆／复豆, 复豆 (Fùdòu), 佛圖／佛图 (zh), 佛图 (zh) (Fótú), 物他 (Wùtā), 馞陀 (Bótuó), 沒陀／没陀, 没陀 (Mòtuó), 佛祖 (zh) (Fózǔ), 釋迦／释迦 (zh) (shìjiā), 释迦 (zh) (Shìjiā), 釋迦牟尼佛／释迦牟尼佛 (zh), 释迦牟尼佛 (zh) (Shìjiāmóuní Fó), 釋迦佛／释迦佛 (zh), 释迦佛 (zh) (Shìjiā Fó)

  Min Nan: 佛 (zh-min-nan) (Hu̍t, Pu̍t), 佛陀 (Hu̍t-tô), 釋迦／释迦, 释迦 (Sek-khia), 佛祖 (zh-min-nan) (Hu̍t-chó͘, Pu̍t-chó͘), 釋迦牟尼／释迦牟尼, 释迦牟尼 (Sek-khia-mô͘-nî), 釋迦牟尼佛／释迦牟尼佛, 释迦牟尼佛 (Sek-khia-mô͘-nî-hu̍t), 釋迦佛／释迦佛, 释迦佛 (Sek-khia-hu̍t)

• Czech: Buddha m
• Danish: Buddha (da) c
• Dutch: Boeddha (nl) m
• Dzongkha: ཤཱ་ཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ (shā kya thub pa)
• Esperanto: Budho
• Estonian: Buddha (et)
• Finnish: Buddha (fi)
• French: Bouddha (fr) m
• Georgian: ბუდა (buda)
• German: Buddha (de) m
• Greek: Βούδας (el) m (Voúdas)
• Gujarati: બુદ્ધ m (buddh)
• Hebrew: בּוּדְהָא m (buda)
• Hindi: बुद्ध (hi) m (buddh)
• Hungarian: Buddha (hu)
• Icelandic: Búdda m
• Indonesian: Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama
• Irish: Búda m
• Italian: Buddha m, Budda m
• Japanese: 仏陀 (ja) (ぶっだ, Budda; ぶつだ, Butsuda), 仏 (ja) (ほとけ, Hotoke)
• Kannada: ಗೌತಮ ಬುದ್ಧ (gautama buddha), ಬುದ್ಧ (kn) (buddha), ಬುದ್ಧ (kn) (buddha)
• Karakhanid: بُرْخَنْ (burχan)
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• Kazakh: Бұддһа (Būddha)
• Khmer: ព្រះពុទ្ធ (km) (prĕəh put), ពុទ្ធ (km) (put)
• Korean: 부처 (Bucheo), 불타 (Bulta)
• Kyrgyz: Будда (Budda)
• Lao: ພຸດທະ (phut tha), ພຸດ (phut)
• Latvian: Buda m
• Lithuanian: Buda m
• Lü: ᦕᦳᧆᧈ (ṗhud¹), ᦕᦳᧆᧈᦏᦰᧈ (ṗhud¹ṫh!¹)
• Macedonian: Бу́да m (Búda)
• Malay: Buddha
• Malayalam: ബുദ്ധന് (buddhaṉ)
• Maltese: Buddha m
• Marathi: बुद्ध m (buddha)
• Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭥𐭲𐭩 (but)
• Mongolian: Будда (mn) (Budda), Бурхан (mn) (Burxan) (the God)
• Nepali: बुद्ध (buddha)
• Norwegian: Buddha m
• Oriya: ବୁଦ୍ଧ (or) (buddhô)
• Pali: Buddha m

  Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓ m (buddha)

  Devanagari: बुद्ध m (buddha)

• Pashto: بودا (ps) m (budã)
• Persian: بت (fa) (bot), بودا (fa) (budâ)
• Polish: Budda (pl) m
• Portuguese: Buda (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬੁੱਧ (buddha)
• Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Buddha m
• Russian: Бу́дда (ru) m (Búdda)
• Rusyn: Бу́дга m (Búdha)
• Sanskrit: बुद्ध (sa) m (buddha)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Буда m

  Roman: Buda (sh) m

• Shan: ပုၵ်ႉထႃႉ (pṵ̂k thâ̰a)
• Sinhalese: බුද්ධ (si) (buddha)
• Slovak: Budha m
• Slovene: Búda (sl) m
• Southern Altai: Боодо (Boodo)
• Spanish: Buda m
• Swedish: Buddha (sv) c
• Tagalog: Buddha
• Tajik: Буддо (Buddo)
• Tamil: புத்தன் (ta) (puttaṉ), புத்தர் (ta) (puttar)
• Tatar: Будда (Budda)
• Telugu: బుద్ధుడు (te) (buddhuḍu), గౌతమబుద్ధుడు (te) (gautamabuddhuḍu)
• Thai: พระพุทธเจ้า (th) (prá-pút-tá-jâao), พระโพธิสัตว์ (prá-poo-tí-sàt), พุทธ (pút), พุทธะ (pút-tá)
• Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས (sangs rgyas)
• Turkish: Buda (tr)
• Turkmen: Budda
• Tuvan: Богда (Bogda), Бурган (Burgan)
• Ukrainian: Бу́дда m (Búdda)
• Urdu: بدھ (ur) m (buddha)
• Uyghur: بۇددا (budda)
• Uzbek: Budda
• Vietnamese: phật (vi) (佛), Phật (vi) (佛), 侼 (Bụt)
• Yiddish: בודאַ m (buda)
• Zhuang: Swzgyahmouzniz (Sakyamuni), baed

Noun

Buddha (plural Buddhas)

1. Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures.
2. An enlightened or awakened sentient being.

   Buddhas and Gods look only at our hearts.

3. A statue or image of any Buddha.

   I love the Buddha in your living room – where did you get it?

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Buddha-dharma
• Buddhahood
• Buddha's delight
• Buddha-nature

• Buddhism
• Buddhist
• Buddhization
• Buddhological
• Buddhology

Further reading

• Gautama Buddha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊda/

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Noun

Buddha m (genitive Buddhas, plural Buddhas)

1. buddha

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀩𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• बुद्ध (Devanagari script)
• বুদ্ধ (Bengali script)
• බුද‍්ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ဗုဒ္ဓ or ၿုၻ္ꩪ or ၿုၻ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• พุทฺธ or พุทธะ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩩᨴ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ພຸທ຺ຘ or ພຸທຘະ (Lao script)
• ពុទ្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄪𑄘𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Noun

Buddha m

1. (Buddhism) Buddha, the enlightened one.

Descendants

Terms borrowed from "Buddha"

• Arabic: بُوذَا (būḏā)
• Bactrian: Βοδδο (Boddo), Βουδο (Boudo)
• Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓ (buddha.)
• Chinese: 佛陀 (Fótuó), 佛 (fó), 浮屠 (Fútú) (or from Sanskrit) (see there for further descendants)
• English: Buddha
• Esperanto: Budho
• French: Bouddha
• Greek: Βούδας (Voúdas)
• Irish: Búda
• Indonesian: Buddha
  • Malay: Buddha
• Italian: Budda
• Japanese: 仏陀 (ぶつだ, ​Butsuda)
• Khmer: ព្រះពុទ្ធ (prĕəh put), ពុទ្ធ (put)
• Korean: 부처 (bucheo)
• Lao: ພຸດທະ (phut tha), ພຸດ (phut)
• Mongolian: Будда (Budda)
• Russian: Бу́дда (Búdda)
• Sogdian: [script needed] (bwt)
• Thai: พระพุทธเจ้า (prá-pút-tá-jâao), พุทธ (pút)
• Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས (sangs rgyas) (calque)
• Ukrainian: Бу́дда (Búdda)