pagoda

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English

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The pagoda at Shitennoji in Osaka
A star pagoda of the Madras Presidency with Vishnu on the obverse and star on the reverse

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Etymology

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From Portuguese pagode, which is via Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti) from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess).

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /pəˈɡoʊ.də/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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pagoda (plural pagodas)

  1. 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.
  2. (now rare, usually in form pagod) An image or carving of a god in South and Southeast Asia; an idol. [from 16th c.]
  3. (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 [] .
  4. An ornamental structure imitating the design of the religious building, erected in a park or garden. [from 18th c.]
  5. (rare) A pagoda sleeve. [from 19th c.]

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Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈɡoda/, [paˈɣ̞o.ð̞a]
  • Rhymes: -oda
  • Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da

Noun

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pagoda f (plural pagodes)

  1. pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves)

Czech

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pagoda f

  1. (architecture) pagoda

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Further reading

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  • pagoda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • pagoda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒɡodɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da
  • Rhymes: -dɒ

Noun

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pagoda (plural pagodák)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
Possessive forms of pagoda
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

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Further reading

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  • pagoda in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

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pagoda

Etymology

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From Portuguese pagode, which is via Tamil, from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, name of a goddess) or भागवत (bhāgavata, follower of Bhagavatī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [paˈɡod̪a]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da

Noun

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pagoda (plural pagoda-pagoda, first-person possessive pagodaku, second-person possessive pagodamu, third-person possessive pagodanya)

  1. pagoda: a religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple.

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Portuguese pagode, which is via Tamil from Sanskrit भगवती (Bhagavatī, name of a goddess) or भागवत (Bhāgavata, follower of Bhagavatī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈɡɔ.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɔda
  • Hyphenation: pa‧gò‧da

Noun

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pagoda f (plural pagode)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Latvian

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Pronunciation

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pagoda f (4th declension)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

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Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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pagoda f (plural pagodos)

  1. pagoda

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Polish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈɡɔ.da/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔda
  • Syllabification: pa‧go‧da

Noun

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pagoda f (related adjective pagodowy)

  1. pagoda

Declension

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Further reading

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  • pagoda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pagoda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pǎɡoda/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da

Noun

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pàgoda f (Cyrillic spelling па̀года)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

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Spanish

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Noun

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pagoda f (plural pagodas)

  1. pagoda

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