daruma

English

A daruma doll.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 達磨 (daruma), from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “law; morality; code”), used as a clipping of 菩提達磨 (Bodaidaruma, “Bodhidharma”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːɹʊmə/

Noun

daruma (plural darumas)

1. A hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism.
   • 1988 February 19, Janice Perrone, “A Gloom of Their Own”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Like a daruma doll, you knock it over and it rights itself.

   Synonym: Dharma doll

Translations

Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達摩／达摩 (zh) (dámó), 达摩 (zh) (dámó)

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• Japanese: 達磨 (だるま, daruma), だるま (daruma)
• Korean: 다루마 (daruma)

Anagrams

• Madura, maraud