pagoda
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti) from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda (plural pagodas)
- A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. [from 16th c.]
- 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
- On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas.
- (now rare, usually in form pagod) An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol. [from 16th c.]
- (historical) A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India. [from 16th c.]
- 1693 January 2 (date written; Gregorian calendar), J. Talboys Wheeler, compiler, “Governorship of Mr. Nathaniel Higginson. 1692–1698.”, in Madras in the Olden Time: Being a History of the Presidency from the First Foundation of the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham. 1639–1702. […], Madras: […] J. Higginbotham, […], by Graves and Co., Scottish Press, published 1861, →OCLC, page 262:
- [T]he Mahrattas having offered Alimerdy Khan his liberty for a lak of Pagodas; he does in the Nabob's name desire that the Governor of Madras would receive jewels and money to that amount into his custody, […]
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 240:
- I, in about two hours, notwithstanding the utmost caution, found myself minus upwards of six hundred pagodas […] .
- An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden. [from 18th c.]
- (rare) A pagoda sleeve. [from 19th c.]
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda f (plural pagodes)
- pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves)
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda f
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pagoda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pagoda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda (plural pagodák)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pagoda | pagodák |
| accusative | pagodát | pagodákat |
| dative | pagodának | pagodáknak |
| instrumental | pagodával | pagodákkal |
| causal-final | pagodáért | pagodákért |
| translative | pagodává | pagodákká |
| terminative | pagodáig | pagodákig |
| essive-formal | pagodaként | pagodákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pagodában | pagodákban |
| superessive | pagodán | pagodákon |
| adessive | pagodánál | pagodáknál |
| illative | pagodába | pagodákba |
| sublative | pagodára | pagodákra |
| allative | pagodához | pagodákhoz |
| elative | pagodából | pagodákból |
| delative | pagodáról | pagodákról |
| ablative | pagodától | pagodáktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
pagodáé | pagodáké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
pagodáéi | pagodákéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | pagodám | pagodáim |
| 2nd person sing. | pagodád | pagodáid |
| 3rd person sing. | pagodája | pagodái |
| 1st person plural | pagodánk | pagodáink |
| 2nd person plural | pagodátok | pagodáitok |
| 3rd person plural | pagodájuk | pagodáik |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- pagoda in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti), from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess) or भागवत (bhāgavata, “follower of Bhagavatī”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /paˈɡoda/ [paˈɡo.da]
- Rhymes: -oda
- Syllabification: pa‧go‧da
Noun
[edit]pagoda (plural pagoda-pagoda)
- pagoda: a religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pagoda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti) from Sanskrit भगवती (Bhagavatī, name of a goddess) or भागवत (Bhāgavata, “follower of Bhagavatī”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda f (plural pagode)
Latvian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda f (4th declension)
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pagoda | pagodas |
| genitive | pagodas | pagodu |
| dative | pagodai | pagodām |
| accusative | pagodu | pagodas |
| instrumental | pagodu | pagodām |
| locative | pagodā | pagodās |
| vocative | pagoda | pagodas |
Lithuanian
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[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda f (plural pagodos)
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | pagoda | pagodos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | pagodos | pagodų |
| dative (naudininkas) | pagodai | pagodoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | pagodą | pagodas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | pagoda | pagodomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | pagodoje | pagodose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | pagoda | pagodos |
Polish
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda f (related adjective pagodowy)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- pagoda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pagoda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pàgoda f (Cyrillic spelling па̀года)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pagoda | pagode |
| genitive | pagode | pagoda |
| dative | pagodi | pagodama |
| accusative | pagodu | pagode |
| vocative | pagodo | pagode |
| locative | pagodi | pagodama |
| instrumental | pagodom | pagodama |
Spanish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda f (plural pagodas)
Further reading
[edit]- “pagoda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Turkish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English pagoda, from Portuguese pagode, ultimetely from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pagoda (definite accusative pagodayı, plural pagodalar)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pagoda”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “pagoda”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “pagoda”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3752
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “pagoda”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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