Noun

buddha (countable and uncountable, plural buddhas)Category:English lemmas#BUDDHACategory:English nouns#BUDDHACategory:English uncountable nouns#BUDDHACategory:English countable nouns#BUDDHACategory:English countable nouns#BUDDHACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

1. Alternative letter-case form of Buddha.
   • 1967, R. D. Laing, The Politics of Experience and The Bird of Paradise, Penguin Books, page 152:

     What the fuck are you doing with a buddha as a lampstand? O that's not a buddha that's some high goddess or other.

     Category:English terms with quotations#BUDDHA

2. (USCategory:American English#BUDDHA hip-hop slangCategory:English slang#BUDDHA, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#BUDDHA) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

   • 1994, The Notorious B.I.G., “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

     Category:English terms with quotations#BUDDHA

   • 1994, Nas, “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

     Category:English terms with quotations#BUDDHA

   • 1994, Nas, “N.Y. State of Mind”, in Illmatic‎:

     Thinkin' of cash flow, buddha, and shelter

     Category:English terms with quotations#BUDDHA

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbudɦa]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#BUDDHA
• Hyphenation: budd‧ha

Noun

buddha m animCategory:Czech lemmas#BUDDHACategory:Czech nouns#BUDDHACategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Czech masculine nouns#BUDDHACategory:Czech animate nouns#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

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

Further reading

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

Etymology

< Buddha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbud(ː)hɑ/, [ˈbud.(d)hɑ̝]Category:Finnish 2-syllable words#BUDDHACategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#BUDDHA
• Rhymes: -ud(ː)hɑCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ud(ː)hɑ#BUDDHACategory:Rhymes:Finnish/ud(ː)hɑ/2 syllables#BUDDHA
• Syllabification^(key): budd‧ha
• Hyphenation^(key): budd‧ha

Noun

buddhaCategory:Finnish lemmas#BUDDHACategory:Finnish nouns#BUDDHACategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

1. buddha (enlightened human)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuthɒ]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#BUDDHA
• Hyphenation: budd‧ha
• Rhymes: -hɒCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/hɒ#BUDDHACategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/hɒ/2 syllables#BUDDHA

Noun

buddha (plural buddhák)Category:Hungarian lemmas#BUDDHACategory:Hungarian nouns#BUDDHACategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

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

Etymology

Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Old Javanese terms borrowed from Sanskrit#BUDDHACategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Sanskrit#BUDDHA बुद्ध (buddha, “enlightened, awakened”).

Noun

buddhaCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#BUDDHACategory:Old Javanese nouns#BUDDHACategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

1. (BuddhismCategory:kaw:Buddhism#BUDDHA) 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

buddhaCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#BUDDHACategory:Old Javanese proper nouns#BUDDHACategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

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

Derived terms

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.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from SanskritCategory:Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit#BUDDHACategory:Pali terms derived from Sanskrit#BUDDHA बुद्ध (buddha, “enlightened, awakened”).

Proper noun

buddha mCategory:Pali lemmas#BUDDHACategory:Pali proper nouns#BUDDHACategory:Pali proper nouns in Latin script#BUDDHACategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Pali masculine nouns#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

1. (BuddhismCategory:pi:Buddhism#BUDDHA) Buddha, the enlightened one

Noun

buddha mCategory:Pali lemmas#BUDDHACategory:Pali nouns#BUDDHACategory:Pali nouns in Latin script#BUDDHACategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Pali masculine nouns#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

1. (BuddhismCategory:pi:Buddhism#BUDDHA) buddha

Verb

buddhaCategory:Pali non-lemma forms#BUDDHACategory:Pali past participles#BUDDHACategory:Pali past participles in Latin script#BUDDHACategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

1. past participle of bujjhatiCategory:Pali past participles#BUDDHA

Further reading

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

Noun

buddha cCategory:Swedish lemmas#BUDDHACategory:Swedish nouns#BUDDHACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BUDDHACategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#BUDDHACategory:Pages with entries#BUDDHACategory:Pages with 7 entries#BUDDHA

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