Buddhist

See also: buddhist

English

Alternative forms

• Bouddhist (obsolete)
• Boodhist (archaic)

Etymology

Buddha +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbudɪst/, /ˈbʊdɪst/

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• Rhymes: -uːdɪst, -ʊdɪst

Adjective

Buddhist (comparative more Buddhist, superlative most Buddhist)

1. Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.

Related terms

• buddha, Buddha
• Buddhism

Translations

of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism

• Albanian: budist (sq)
• Arabic: بُوذِيّ (būḏiyy)
• Asturian: budista
• Bulgarian: будистки (budistki)
• 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)
• Hindi: बौद्ध (hi) (bauddh)
• Hungarian: buddhista (hu)
• Irish: Búdaíoch
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• Italian: buddista
• Macedonian: будистички (budistički)
• Malay: Buddha
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buddhistisk

  Nynorsk: buddhistisk

• Polish: buddyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: budista (pt)
• Russian: будди́стский (ru) (buddístskij)
• Slovene: budističen
• Spanish: budista
• Swahili: Kibudha
• Swedish: buddhistisk (sv)
• Thai: พุทธ (pút)
• Vietnamese: Phật giáo (vi), đạo Phật (vi), Phật (vi)
• Volapük: budik (vo)
• Yiddish: בודהיסטיש (budhistish)

of, relating to a Buddhist, Buddhists

• Arabic: بُوذِيّ (būḏiyy)
• Catalan: budista
• Danish: buddhistisk
• Esperanto: budhista
• Finnish: buddhalainen (fi)
• Galician: budista
• Italian: buddista
• Malay: Buddha
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buddhistisk

  Nynorsk: buddhistisk

• Portuguese: budista (pt)
• Spanish: budista
• Vietnamese: Phật (vi)
• 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 m (būḏiyy), بُوذِيَّة f (būḏiyya)
• Armenian: բուդդայական (hy) (buddayakan)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: будист m (budist), будистка f (budistka)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: budista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佛教徒 (zh) (fójiàotú)

• Cornish: Bouddydh m, Bouddydhes f
• Czech: buddhista (cs) f
• Danish: buddhist
• Dutch: boeddhist (nl) m, boeddhiste f
• Esperanto: budhano
• Finnish: buddhalainen (fi)
• French: bouddhiste (fr) m or f
• German: Buddhist (de) m, Buddhistin (de) f, (collective) Buddhistentum n
• Hungarian: buddhista (hu)
• Irish: Búdaí m
• Italian: buddista m
• Japanese: 仏教徒 (ja) (ぶっきょうと, bukkyōto)
• Khmer: ពុទ្ធសាសនិក (puttʰea’sahsa’ni’ka’), ពុទ្ធិក (km) (puttʰɨk)
• Korean: 불교도 (ko) (bulgyodo) (佛敎徒 (ko))
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• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: буди́ст m (budíst), буди́стка f (budístka)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: buddhist m

  Nynorsk: buddhist m

• Polish: 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)
• Slovene: budist (sl) m, budistka f
• Spanish: budista m or f
• Swahili: Mbudha
• Swedish: buddhist (sv)
• Thai: คนพุทธ (kon pút), พุทธบริษัท (púttáborrísàt), พุทธมามกะ (púttámaamágà), พุทธศาสนิกชน (th) (púttásăasàníkgàchon)
• Tibetan: ནང་པ (nang pa)
• Tuvan: сарыг шажын (sarıg şajın), сарыг шажынның (sarıg şajınnıñ), буддис (buddis)
• Vietnamese: người Phật
• Volapük: budan (vo)
• Welsh: Bwdhydd m
• Yiddish: בודהיסט m (budhist)

follower of Buddha

• Albanian: budist (sq) m
• Armenian: բուդդայական (hy) (buddayakan)
• Bulgarian: будист m (budist), будистка f (budistka)
• Catalan: budista m or f
• Cornish: Bouddydh m, Bouddydhes f
• Dutch: boeddhist (nl) m, boeddhiste f
• Esperanto: budhano
• Finnish: buddhalainen (fi)
• Hungarian: buddhista (hu)
• Irish: Búdaí m
• Italian: buddista m
• Macedonian: буди́ст m (budíst), буди́стка f (budístka)
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• 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

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} בודהיסט m (budhist'), ^{(please verify)} בודהיסטית f (budhist'it)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. Buddhist (male or of unspecified sex)

Derived terms

• Buddhistentum
• Buddhistin
• buddhistisch

Related terms

• Buddhismus

Further reading

• “Buddhist” in Duden online