Buddhist

See also: buddhist

English

Alternative forms

• Bouddhist (obsolete)
• Boodhist (archaic)

Etymology

From Buddha +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbudɪst/, /ˈbʊdɪst/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -uːdɪst, -ʊdɪst

Adjective

Buddhist (comparative more Buddhist, superlative most Buddhist)

1. Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.
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Derived terms

• anti-Buddhist
• Buddhist sabbath
• Buddhist Sabbath
• Tibetan Buddhist

Related terms

• buddha, Buddha
• Buddhism

Translations

of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism

• Albanian: budist (sq)
• Arabic: بُوذِيّ (ar) (būḏiyy)
• Asturian: budista (ast)
• Belarusian: буды́сцкі (budýscki), буды́йскі (budýjski)
• Breton: boudaat
• Bulgarian: буди́стки (budístki)
• Catalan: budista
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佛教 (zh) (fójiào)

• Czech: buddhistický (cs)
• Danish: buddhistisk
• Dutch: boeddhistisch (nl)
• Esperanto: budhisma
• Finnish: buddhalainen (fi)
• French: bouddhiste (fr)
• Galician: budista
• German: buddhistisch (de)
• Hebrew: בודהיסטי m (budhísti)
• Hindi: बौद्ध (hi) (bauddh)
• Hungarian: buddhista (hu)
• Irish: Búdaíoch
• Italian: buddista (it)
• Japanese: 仏教の (ja) (ぶっきょうの, bukkyō no)
• Khmer: ពុទ្ធ (km) (put)
• Korean: 불교의 (ko) (bulgyoui)
• Lao: ພຸດທະ (phut tha), ພຸດ (phut)
• Macedonian: будистички (budistički)
• Malay: Buddha
• Marathi: बौद्ध (bauddha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buddhistisk

  Nynorsk: buddhistisk

• Persian: بودایی (budâyi)
• Polish: buddyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: budista (pt)
• Russian: будди́стский (ru) (buddístskij), будди́йский (ru) (buddíjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: будѝстичкӣ

  Latin: budìstičkī (sh)

• Slovak: budhistický, buddhistický
• Slovene: budističen
• Spanish: budista (es)
• Swahili: Kibudha
• Swedish: buddhistisk (sv)
• Tajik: буддоӣ (buddoyi)
• Thai: พุทธ (th) (pút)
• Ukrainian: будди́стський (buddýstsʹkyj), будді́йський (uk) (buddíjsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: Phật giáo (vi), đạo Phật (vi), Phật (vi)
• Volapük: budik (vo)
• Welsh: Bwdhaidd
• Yiddish: בודהיסטיש (budhistish)

of, relating to a Buddhist, Buddhists

• Arabic: بُوذِيّ (ar) (būḏiyy)
• Catalan: budista
• Danish: buddhistisk
• Esperanto: budhista
• Finnish: buddhalainen (fi)
• Galician: budista
• Hebrew: בודהיסטי m (budhísti)
• Italian: buddista (it)
• Malay: Buddha
• Marathi: बौद्ध (bauddha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buddhistisk

  Nynorsk: buddhistisk

• Portuguese: budista (pt)
• Spanish: budista (es)
• Ukrainian: будди́стський (buddýstsʹkyj)
• Vietnamese: Phật (vi), Phật tử
• Volapük: budanik

Noun

Buddhist (plural Buddhists)

1. A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.
2. A follower of the Indian religious and spiritual teacher, Buddha.

Hypernyms

• religionist

Derived terms

• Buddhistic

Translations

practitioner of Buddhism

• Albanian: budist (sq) m
• Arabic: بُوذِيّ (ar) m (būḏiyy), بُوذِيَّة (ar) f (būḏiyya)
• Armenian: բուդդայական (hy) (buddayakan)
• Belarusian: буды́ст m (budýst), буды́стка f (budýstka)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: boudaad m
• Bulgarian: буди́ст m (budíst), буди́стка f (budístka)
• Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓဝါဒီ (my) (buddha.wadi)
• Catalan: budista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佛教徒 (zh) (fójiàotú)

• Cornish: Bouddydh m, Bouddydhes f
• Czech: buddhista (cs) f, buddhistka f
• Danish: buddhist
• Dutch: boeddhist (nl) m, boeddhiste f
• Esperanto: budhano
• Finnish: buddhalainen (fi)
• French: bouddhiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: budista m or f
• German: Buddhist (de) m, Buddhistin (de) f, (collective) Buddhistentum n
• Hebrew: בודהיסט m (budhíst)
• Hungarian: buddhista (hu)
• Irish: Búdaí m
• Italian: buddista (it) m
• Japanese: 仏教徒 (ja) (ぶっきょうと, bukkyōto)
• Khmer: ពុទ្ធសាសនិក (putthĕəʼ saasaʼnɨk), ពុទ្ធិក (km) (putthɨk)
• Korean: 불교도(佛敎徒) (ko) (bulgyodo)
• Lao: ພຸດທະມາມະກະ (phut tha mā ma ka), ພຸດທະສາສນານິກະຊົນ (phut tha sās nā ni ka son)
• Macedonian: буди́ст m (budíst), буди́стка f (budístka)
• Marathi: बौद्ध m (bauddha), बौद्धधर्मीय m (bauddhadharmīy)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: буддын шашинтан (buddyn šašintan)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buddhist m

  Nynorsk: buddhist m

• Polish: buddyjka (pl) f, buddysta (pl) m, buddystka (pl) f
• Portuguese: budista (pt) m or f
• Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: budist (ro) m
• Russian: будди́ст (ru) m (buddíst), будди́стка (ru) f (buddístka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бу̀дист m, бу̀диста m, бу̀дисткиња f

  Latin: bùdist (sh) m, bùdista (sh) m, bùdistkinja (sh) f

• Slovak: budhista m, budhistka f, buddhista m, buddhistka f
• Slovene: budist (sl) m, budistka f
• Spanish: budista (es) m or f
• Swahili: Mbudha
• Swedish: buddhist (sv)
• Thai: คนพุทธ (kon-pút), พุทธมามกะ (pút-tá-maa-má-gà), พุทธศาสนิกชน (th) (pút-tá-sǎa-sà-ník-gà-chon)
• Tibetan: ནང་པ (nang pa)
• Tuvan: сарыг шажын (sarıg şajın), сарыг шажынның (sarıg şajınnıñ), буддис (buddis)
• Ukrainian: будди́ст (uk) m (buddýst), будди́стка (uk) f (buddýstka)
• Vietnamese: Phật tử
• Volapük: budan (vo)
• Welsh: Bwdhydd m
• Yiddish: בודהיסט m (budhist)

follower of Buddha

• Albanian: budist (sq) m
• Armenian: բուդդայական (hy) (buddayakan)
• Bulgarian: буди́ст m (budíst), буди́стка f (budístka)
• Catalan: budista m or f
• Cornish: Bouddydh m, Bouddydhes f
• Dutch: boeddhist (nl) m, boeddhiste f
• Esperanto: budhano
• Finnish: buddhalainen (fi)
• Hebrew: בודהיסט m (budhíst)
• Hungarian: buddhista (hu)
• Irish: Búdaí m
• Italian: buddista (it) m
• Macedonian: буди́ст m (budíst), буди́стка f (budístka)
• Marathi: बौद्ध m (bauddha)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buddhist m

  Nynorsk: buddhist m

• Portuguese: budista (pt) m or f
• Russian: будди́ст (ru) m (buddíst), будди́стка (ru) f (buddístka)
• Slovene: budist (sl) m, budistka f
• Swahili: Mbudha
• Tuvan: сарыг шажын (sarıg şajın), сарыг шажынның (sarıg şajınnıñ), буддис (buddis)
• Volapük: budan (vo)
• Welsh: Bwdhydd m

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊˈdɪst/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Buddhist m (weak, genitive Buddhisten, plural Buddhisten, feminine Buddhistin)

1. Buddhist (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Buddhist [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Buddhist	die	Buddhisten
genitive	eines	des	Buddhisten	der	Buddhisten
dative	einem	dem	Buddhisten	den	Buddhisten
accusative	einen	den	Buddhisten	die	Buddhisten

Derived terms

• Buddhistentum
• Buddhistin
• buddhistisch

Related terms

• Buddhismus

Further reading

• “Buddhist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Buddhist” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Buddhist” in Duden online