buddha

See also: Buddha

English

Alternative forms

• Buddha

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: bo͞odə, IPA^(key): /ˈbudə/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bo͝odə, IPA^(key): /ˈbʊdə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʊdə, -uːdə

Noun

buddha (countable and uncountable, plural buddhas)

Ming dynasty ceramic sculpture of a buddha, 1485

1. A human being who has become enlightened (in Buddhism).
2. A statue or image of the Buddha.
   • 1967, R. D. Laing, The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise:

     What the [expletive] are you doing with a buddha as a lampstand?

3. (US hip-hop slang) marijuana
   • 1994, The Notorious B.I.G. (lyrics and music), “Everyday Struggle”, in Ready to Die‎:

     I know how it feel to wake up fucked up
     Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell
     People look at you like you's the user
     Sellin' drugs to all the losers, mad buddha abuser

   • 1994, Nas (lyrics and music), “It Ain't Hard to Tell”, in Illmatic‎:

     It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail
     The mic is contacted, I attract clientele
     My mic check is life or death, breathin' a sniper's breath
     I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps

Related terms

• Buddhahood
• Buddhism
• Buddhist

Translations

enlightened human

Arabic: بُوذَا m (būḏā) Azerbaijani: budda Bashkir: будда (budda) Bengali: please add this translation if you can Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓ (my) (buddha.) Chinese: Cantonese: 佛 (fat6) Eastern Min: 佛 (hŭk) Hokkien: 佛 (zh-min-nan) (hu̍t) Mandarin: 佛 (zh) (fó), 佛陀 (zh) (fótuó) Esperanto: budho Finnish: buddha French: bouddha (fr) m Galician: Buda m Georgian: ბუდა (buda) German: Buddha (de) m Greek: βούδας m (voúdas) Hebrew: בודהה m (budha) Hungarian: buddha (hu) Irish: búda m Japanese: 仏陀 (ja) (Budda, Butsuda), 仏 (ja) (Butsu) Kazakh: будда (budda) Khmer: សម្ពុទ្ធ (km) (samput), ពុទ្ធ (km) (put) Korean: 부처 (ko) (bucheo), 불타 (bulta) Lao: ພຣະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ (pha ra phut tha chao) Maithili: बुद्धत्व (buddhatva) Malayalam: ബുദ്ധൻ (ml) (buddhaṉ) Marathi: बुद्ध m (buddha) Mon: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: бурхан (mn) (burxan) Persian: بودا (fa) (budâ) Polish: budda (pl) m Portuguese: buda m Rohingya: please add this translation if you can Russian: бу́дда (ru) m (búdda) Sanskrit: बुद्ध (sa) m (buddha) Sinhalese: සම්මා සම්බුදුවරු (sammā sambuduwaru) Spanish: Buda m Tamil: புத்தத்தன்மை (puttattaṉmai) Thai: พระพุทธเจ้า (th) (prá-pút-tá-jâao) Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས (sangs rgyas) Tok Pisin: buda Vietnamese: phật (vi) (佛), bụt (vi) (侼) Zhuang: baed

statue or image of Buddha

Finnish: Buddhan kuva, buddhankuva Portuguese: buda m Thai: พระพุทธรูป (th)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbudɦa]
• Hyphenation: budd‧ha

Noun

buddha m anim

1. buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	buddha	buddhové
genitive	buddhy	buddhů
dative	buddhovi	buddhům
accusative	buddhu	buddhy
vocative	buddho	buddhové
locative	buddhovi	buddzích
instrumental	buddhou	buddhy

Declension of buddha (masculine animate in -a)

Further reading

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

Finnish

Etymology

< Buddha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbud(ː)hɑ/, [ˈbud.(d)hɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ud(ː)hɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): budd‧ha

Noun

buddha

1. buddha (enlightened human)

Declension

Inflection of buddha (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		buddha	buddhat
genitive		buddhan	buddhien
partitive		buddhaa	buddhia
illative		buddhaan	buddhiin
		singular	plural
nominative		buddha	buddhat
accusative	nom.	buddha	buddhat
	gen.	buddhan
genitive		buddhan	buddhien buddhain rare
partitive		buddhaa	buddhia
inessive		buddhassa	buddhissa
elative		buddhasta	buddhista
illative		buddhaan	buddhiin
adessive		buddhalla	buddhilla
ablative		buddhalta	buddhilta
allative		buddhalle	buddhille
essive		buddhana	buddhina
translative		buddhaksi	buddhiksi
abessive		buddhatta	buddhitta
instructive		—	buddhin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of buddha (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative buddhani buddhani accusative nom. buddhani buddhani gen. buddhani genitive buddhani buddhieni buddhaini rare partitive buddhaani buddhiani inessive buddhassani buddhissani elative buddhastani buddhistani illative buddhaani buddhiini adessive buddhallani buddhillani ablative buddhaltani buddhiltani allative buddhalleni buddhilleni essive buddhanani buddhinani translative buddhakseni buddhikseni abessive buddhattani buddhittani instructive — — comitative — buddhineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative buddhasi buddhasi accusative nom. buddhasi buddhasi gen. buddhasi genitive buddhasi buddhiesi buddhaisi rare partitive buddhaasi buddhiasi inessive buddhassasi buddhissasi elative buddhastasi buddhistasi illative buddhaasi buddhiisi adessive buddhallasi buddhillasi ablative buddhaltasi buddhiltasi allative buddhallesi buddhillesi essive buddhanasi buddhinasi translative buddhaksesi buddhiksesi abessive buddhattasi buddhittasi instructive — — comitative — buddhinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative buddhamme buddhamme accusative nom. buddhamme buddhamme gen. buddhamme genitive buddhamme buddhiemme buddhaimme rare partitive buddhaamme buddhiamme inessive buddhassamme buddhissamme elative buddhastamme buddhistamme illative buddhaamme buddhiimme adessive buddhallamme buddhillamme ablative buddhaltamme buddhiltamme allative buddhallemme buddhillemme essive buddhanamme buddhinamme translative buddhaksemme buddhiksemme abessive buddhattamme buddhittamme instructive — — comitative — buddhinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative buddhanne buddhanne accusative nom. buddhanne buddhanne gen. buddhanne genitive buddhanne buddhienne buddhainne rare partitive buddhaanne buddhianne inessive buddhassanne buddhissanne elative buddhastanne buddhistanne illative buddhaanne buddhiinne adessive buddhallanne buddhillanne ablative buddhaltanne buddhiltanne allative buddhallenne buddhillenne essive buddhananne buddhinanne translative buddhaksenne buddhiksenne abessive buddhattanne buddhittanne instructive — — comitative — buddhinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative buddhansa buddhansa accusative nom. buddhansa buddhansa gen. buddhansa genitive buddhansa buddhiensa buddhainsa rare partitive buddhaansa buddhiaan buddhiansa inessive buddhassaan buddhassansa buddhissaan buddhissansa elative buddhastaan buddhastansa buddhistaan buddhistansa illative buddhaansa buddhiinsa adessive buddhallaan buddhallansa buddhillaan buddhillansa ablative buddhaltaan buddhaltansa buddhiltaan buddhiltansa allative buddhalleen buddhallensa buddhilleen buddhillensa essive buddhanaan buddhanansa buddhinaan buddhinansa translative buddhakseen buddhaksensa buddhikseen buddhiksensa abessive buddhattaan buddhattansa buddhittaan buddhittansa instructive — — comitative — buddhineen buddhinensa

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuthɒ]
• Hyphenation: budd‧ha
• Rhymes: -hɒ

Noun

buddha (plural buddhák)

1. buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	buddha	buddhák
accusative	buddhát	buddhákat
dative	buddhának	buddháknak
instrumental	buddhával	buddhákkal
causal-final	buddháért	buddhákért
translative	buddhává	buddhákká
terminative	buddháig	buddhákig
essive-formal	buddhaként	buddhákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	buddhában	buddhákban
superessive	buddhán	buddhákon
adessive	buddhánál	buddháknál
illative	buddhába	buddhákba
sublative	buddhára	buddhákra
allative	buddhához	buddhákhoz
elative	buddhából	buddhákból
delative	buddháról	buddhákról
ablative	buddhától	buddháktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	buddháé	buddháké
non-attributive possessive – plural	buddháéi	buddhákéi

Possessive forms of buddha

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	buddhám	buddháim
2nd person sing.	buddhád	buddháid
3rd person sing.	buddhája	buddhái
1st person plural	buddhánk	buddháink
2nd person plural	buddhátok	buddháitok
3rd person plural	buddhájuk	buddháik

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “enlightened, awakened”).

Noun

buddha

1. (Buddhism) Buddha, buddha:
   1. a human being who has become enlightened.
   2. a statue or image of the Buddha.
2. Buddhist
3. Buddhist clergy

Proper noun

buddha

1. Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

Derived terms

• kabuddhan
• kahyaṅbuddhan

• Buddha-Śiwa
• Śiwa-Buddha

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦧꦸꦢ (buda) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬩᬸᬤ᭄ᬥ (buda)

Further reading

• "buddha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀩𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• बुद्ध (Devanagari script)
• বুদ্ধ (Bengali script)
• බුද‍්ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ဗုဒ္ဓ or ၿုၻ္ꩪ or ၿုၻ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• พุทฺธ or พุทธะ (Thai script)
• ᨻᩩᨴ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ພຸທ຺ຘ or ພຸທຘະ or ພຸທທ຺ະ or ພຸດທະ (Lao script)
• ពុទ្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄪𑄘𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “enlightened, awakened”).

Proper noun

buddha m

1. (Buddhism) Buddha, the enlightened one

Noun

buddha m

1. (Buddhism) buddha

Verb

buddha

1. past participle of bujjhati

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	buddho	buddhā
Accusative (second)	buddhaṃ	buddhe
Instrumental (third)	buddhena	buddhehi or buddhebhi
Dative (fourth)	buddhassa or buddhāya or buddhatthaṃ	buddhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	buddhasmā or buddhamhā or buddhā	buddhehi or buddhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	buddhassa	buddhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	buddhasmiṃ or buddhamhi or buddhe	buddhesu
Vocative (calling)	buddha	buddhā

Declension table of "buddha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	buddhā	buddhāyo or buddhā
Accusative (second)	buddhaṃ	buddhāyo or buddhā
Instrumental (third)	buddhāya	buddhāhi or buddhābhi
Dative (fourth)	buddhāya	buddhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	buddhāya	buddhāhi or buddhābhi
Genitive (sixth)	buddhāya	buddhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	buddhāya or buddhāyaṃ	buddhāsu
Vocative (calling)	buddhe	buddhāyo or buddhā

Declension table of "buddhā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	buddhaṃ	buddhāni
Accusative (second)	buddhaṃ	buddhāni
Instrumental (third)	buddhena	buddhehi or buddhebhi
Dative (fourth)	buddhassa or buddhāya or buddhatthaṃ	buddhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	buddhasmā or buddhamhā or buddhā	buddhehi or buddhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	buddhassa	buddhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	buddhasmiṃ or buddhamhi or buddhe	buddhesu
Vocative (calling)	buddha	buddhāni

Declension table of "buddha" (neuter)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “buddha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swedish

Noun

buddha c

1. buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)
2. Buddha

Declension

Declension of buddha

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	buddha	buddhas
	definite	buddhan	buddhans
plural	indefinite	buddhor	buddhors
	definite	buddhorna	buddhornas