# बोधि
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bodhi (Latin script)
* 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* বোধি (Bengali script)
* බොධි (Sinhalese script)
* ဗောဓိ or ၿေႃꩪိ (Burmese script)
* โพธิ (Thai script)
* ᨻᩮᩣᨵᩥ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂພຘິ (Lao script)
* ពោធិ (Khmer script)
* 𑄝𑄮𑄙𑄨 (Chakma script)

### Noun

बोधि f
* Devanagari script form of bodhi

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* বোধি (Assamese script)
* ᬩᭀᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
* বোধি (Bengali script)
* 𑰤𑰺𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ဗောဓိ (Burmese script)
* બોધિ (Gujarati script)
* ਬੋਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦧꦺꦴꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂥𑂷𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಬೋಧಿ (Kannada script)
* ពោធិ (Khmer script)
* ໂພຘິ (Lao script)
* ബോധി (Malayalam script)
* ᠪᠣᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘤𑘻𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠣᠸᠠᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧄𑧜𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐧𑑀𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
* ବୋଧି (Odia script)
* ꢨꣂꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆧𑆾𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖤𑖺𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
* බොධි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩲𑩕𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚠𑚴𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
* பே³ாதி⁴ (Tamil script)
* బోధి (Telugu script)
* โพธิ (Thai script)
* བོ་དྷི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒥𑒼𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨠𑨆𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /bɐw.dʱi/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈboː.d̪ʱi/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *bawdʰiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰawdʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake”).

#### Noun

बोधि • (bodhi) stem, m
* (also feminine gender) (Buddhism, Jainism) bodhi: perfect knowledge or wisdom (by which a man becomes a buddha or jina), the illuminated or enlightened intellect (of a Buddha or jina) (Kathās., Rājat., Śatr., Lalit.)
* the tree of wisdom under which perfect wisdom is attained or under which a man becomes a buddha, the sacred fig-tree: Ficus religiosa (Hcat.)
* "wakener", a cock (L.)
* name of a man (= Buddha in a former birth) (Jātakam.)
* name of a mythical elephant (Lalit.)
* name of a place (L.)
* (in the plural) name of a people (R.)

##### Descendants

* Pali: bodhi
** → Lao: ໂພທິ (phō thi)
* Prakrit: 𑀩𑁄𑀳𑀺 (bohi)
** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀩𑁄𑀳𑀺 (bohi)
** Helu Prakrit:
*** Dhivehi: ބޯ (bō)
*** Sinhalese: බෝ (bō)
Borrowed terms
* → Middle Chinese: 菩提 (MC bu|bojX|bjuwX|bok dzye|dej)
** Chinese: 菩提 (pútí)
** → Japanese: 菩提 (ぼだい, bodai)
*** → English: bodai
** → Korean: 보리 (bori) (菩提)
** → Vietnamese: bồ-đề (菩提)
* → Old Javanese: [script needed] (bodhi)
** Javanese: ꦧꦸꦢꦶ (budi)
* → Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer: [script needed] (vodhi)
** Old Khmer: [script needed] (bodhi), [script needed] (vodhi)
*** Khmer: ពោធិ (poothiʼ)
* → Sogdian:
** → Old Uyghur:
*** → Middle Mongol:
**** Classical Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠳᠢ (bodi)
***** Mongolian:
    Mongolian script: ᠪᠣᠳᠢ (bodi)
    Cyrillic script: бодь (bodʹ)
* → Tamil: போதி (pōti)

#### Adjective

बोधि • (bodhi) stem
* learned, wise (Uṇ. IV, 117)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Verb

बोधि • (bodhí) (Vedic)
* second-person singular aorist active imperative of भू (bhū, “to be, become”)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

बोधि • (bodhi) (Vedic)
* second-person singular aorist active imperative of बुध् (budh)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “बोधि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 734.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bodhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 528