Buddha

Alternative forms

 * buddha (senses 2 and 3 only)

Pronunciation

 * – approximation of Hindustani [ˈbʊdːʱə], which features a ‘d’ and  on the second ‘d’, neither of which is idiomatic to English
 * – approximation of Hindustani [ˈbʊdːʱə], which features a ‘d’ and  on the second ‘d’, neither of which is idiomatic to English
 * – approximation of Hindustani [ˈbʊdːʱə], which features a ‘d’ and  on the second ‘d’, neither of which is idiomatic to English
 * – approximation of Hindustani [ˈbʊdːʱə], which features a ‘d’ and  on the second ‘d’, neither of which is idiomatic to English

Noun

 * 1) Shakyamuni Buddha, Nepalese spiritual and philosophical teacher and founder of Buddhism; Siddhartha Gautama.
 * 2) Any of the other Buddhas named in Buddhist scriptures.
 * 3) An enlightened or awakened sentient being.
 * 4) A statue or image of any Buddha.
 * I love the Buddha in your living room – where did you get it?

Derived terms

 * Buddhahood
 * Buddhism
 * Buddhist

Thesaurus
Confucius, Gandhi, Jagannath, Juggernaut, Kurma, Mahavira, Matsya, Mentor, Muhammad, Narsinh, Nestor, Parshuram, Plato, Rama, Socrates, Solomon, Vaman, Varah, Vardhamana, Zoroaster, bodhisattva, the Blessed One, the Lord Buddha, the Teacher

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali: বুদ্ধ
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဒ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 佛陀,  浮屠
 * Croatian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: Boeddha
 * Dzongkha: ཤཱ་ཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ
 * Esperanto: Budho
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ბუდა
 * German:
 * Greek: Βούδας
 * Hebrew: [buda]
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: Búda
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada: ಗೌತಮ ಬುದ್ಧ
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: (bprēəh bpŭt)
 * Korean:


 * Lao: ,
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ബുദ്ധന്‍
 * Nepali:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਬੁੱਧ (Buddh)
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: Buda
 * Slovak: Budha
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: புத்தன், புத்தர்
 * Telugu: గౌతమ బుద్ధుడు
 * Thai: (phrā Phūtthā jàò)
 * Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས (sangs-rgyas; )
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: بدھ
 * Vietnamese:
 * Urdu: بدھ
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology
Sanskrit root budh from. Cognate with Russian будить (“to awaken”), Gothic biudan, English bid, German bieten (“to bid”), Bote (“apostle”).

Verb

 * 1) Awakened, past participle of the verb bujjhati, meaning “awakened”, “knowing”, “understanding”.

Derived terms

 * Chinese: 佛陀, Pinyin Fó​tuó​. (Derived based on pronunciation).