# buddha
## English
### Alternative forms

* Buddha

### Pronunciation

* (General American) enPR: bo͞odə, IPA: /ˈbudə/
* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bo͝odə, IPA: /ˈbʊdə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʊdə, -uːdə

### Noun

buddha (countable and uncountable, plural buddhas)
* A human being who has become enlightened (in Buddhism).
* 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?
* (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
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbudɦa]
* Hyphenation: budd‧ha

### Noun

buddha m anim
* buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)

#### Declension
### 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: /ˈbud(ː)hɑ/, [ˈbud.(d)hɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ud(ː)hɑ
* Hyphenation: budd‧ha

### Noun

buddha
* buddha (enlightened human)

#### Declension

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: [ˈbuthɒ]
* Hyphenation: budd‧ha
* Rhymes: -hɒ

### Noun

buddha (plural buddhák)
* buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)

#### Declension
## Old Javanese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

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

### Proper noun

buddha
* 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

* 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 (Lao script)
* ពុទ្ធ (Khmer script)
* 𑄝𑄪𑄘𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

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

### Proper noun

buddha m
* (Buddhism) Buddha, the enlightened one

### Noun

buddha m
* (Buddhism) buddha

### Verb

buddha
* past participle of bujjhati

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Swedish
### Noun

buddha c
* buddha (a great enlightened being or a depiction thereof)
* Buddha

#### Declension

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