buddha

See also: Buddha

English

Alternative forms

• Buddha

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Noun

buddha (plural buddhas)

1. An enlightened human being.
2. A statue or image of the Buddha.
3. Siddhartha Gautama.
4. (informal) marijuana

Related terms

• Buddhahood
• Buddhism
• Buddhist

Translations

enlightened human being

• Arabic: بوذا m (būḏā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 佛 (zh) (Fó), 佛陀 (zh) (Fótuó)

• Esperanto: budho
• Greek: βούδας m (voúdas)
• Hebrew: בודהה m (budha)
• Hungarian: buddha (hu)

• Irish: búda m
• Japanese: 仏陀 (ja) (Budda, Butsuda), 仏 (ja) (Butsu)
• Korean: 부처 (ko) (bucheo)
• Mongolian: бурхан (mn) (burhan)
• Persian: بودا (fa) (budâ)
• Russian: будда (ru) m (búdda)
• Spanish: Buda m

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Pali

Verb

buddha (Devanagari बुद्ध, Burmese script ဗုဒ္ဓ)

1. past participle of bujjhati