# Buddha
## English
### Alternative forms

* Budda (uncommon)
* Buddhah
* Boodha (archaic)
* buddha (common noun, senses 2 and 3)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali Buddha (“the Awakened One, the Enlightened One”), from buddha (“awakened, enlightened”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”), past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake, to awaken”). Distantly related to English bid and bede. Also cognate with Proto-Slavic *buditi (“to wake up”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bo͝odə, IPA: /ˈbʊdə/
* (General American) enPR: bo͞odə, IPA: /ˈbudə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* IPA: /ˈbʊdːʰə/ (only in technical contexts) – approximation of Hindustani [ˈbʊdːʱə], which features a geminate ‘d’ and breathy voice on the second ‘d’, neither of which is idiomatic to English
* Rhymes: -ʊdə, -uːdə
* Homophone: Buda (one pronunciation of each word)

### Proper noun

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

#### Usage notes

* Properly preceded by the definite article the, although frequently treated as a proper name rather than a title.

#### Synonyms

* Siddhartha, Siddhartha Gautama, Gautama Buddha, Sakyamuni, Sakyamuni Buddha; Vishnu (within Hinduism)

#### Derived terms

* Amitābha Buddha
* Eyes of Buddha
* Gautam Buddha Nagar
* Śākyamuni Buddha
* Shakyamuni Buddha

#### Translations
### Noun

Buddha (plural Buddhas)
* Any other person considered similarly enlightened in Buddhist contexts.
    At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does.
** 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196:“Mind,” he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, with his legs folded before him, he had the pose of a Buddha preaching in European clothes and without a lotus-flower - “Mind, none of us would feel exactly like this.”
* Any other person considered similarly enlightened in other contexts.
    There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century.
* (figurative, ironic) Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.
** 2007 February 20, Chris Chibnall, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 2:Sam: Well, our first priority is to make sure the thieves don't strike again. It'll be tricky, 'cause these sorts of gangs rarely have just one target on the go. They've usually researched half a dozen possibilities, waiting for the most opportune circumstances on any of them. Harry Woolf: He knows his onions, this lad, eh? Gene Hunt: Oh, he's a right little smart-arse. So, what do you suggest, Buddha?
* A statue or image of any Buddha.
    I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha.

#### Derived terms

* Buddha-dharma
* Buddhahood
* Buddha-nature
* Buddha's delight
* Buddhisation
* Buddhism
* Buddhist
* Buddhization
* Buddhological
* Buddhologist
* Buddhology

## Finnish
### Etymology

Derived from Pali buddha.

### Pronunciation

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

### Proper noun

Buddha
* Buddha

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Buddha (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Buddhani
accusative
nom.
Buddhani
gen.
Buddhani
genitive
Buddhani
partitive
Buddhaani
inessive
Buddhassani
elative
Buddhastani
illative
Buddhaani
adessive
Buddhallani
ablative
Buddhaltani
allative
Buddhalleni
essive
Buddhanani
translative
Buddhakseni
abessive
Buddhattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Buddhasi
accusative
nom.
Buddhasi
gen.
Buddhasi
genitive
Buddhasi
partitive
Buddhaasi
inessive
Buddhassasi
elative
Buddhastasi
illative
Buddhaasi
adessive
Buddhallasi
ablative
Buddhaltasi
allative
Buddhallesi
essive
Buddhanasi
translative
Buddhaksesi
abessive
Buddhattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Buddhamme
accusative
nom.
Buddhamme
gen.
Buddhamme
genitive
Buddhamme
partitive
Buddhaamme
inessive
Buddhassamme
elative
Buddhastamme
illative
Buddhaamme
adessive
Buddhallamme
ablative
Buddhaltamme
allative
Buddhallemme
essive
Buddhanamme
translative
Buddhaksemme
abessive
Buddhattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Buddhanne
accusative
nom.
Buddhanne
gen.
Buddhanne
genitive
Buddhanne
partitive
Buddhaanne
inessive
Buddhassanne
elative
Buddhastanne
illative
Buddhaanne
adessive
Buddhallanne
ablative
Buddhaltanne
allative
Buddhallenne
essive
Buddhananne
translative
Buddhaksenne
abessive
Buddhattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Buddhansa
accusative
nom.
Buddhansa
gen.
Buddhansa
genitive
Buddhansa
partitive
Buddhaansa
inessive
Buddhassaan Buddhassansa
elative
Buddhastaan Buddhastansa
illative
Buddhaansa
adessive
Buddhallaan Buddhallansa
ablative
Buddhaltaan Buddhaltansa
allative
Buddhalleen Buddhallensa
essive
Buddhanaan Buddhanansa
translative
Buddhakseen Buddhaksensa
abessive
Buddhattaan Buddhattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* buddhalainen
* buddhankuva

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʊda/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Buddha m (strong, genitive Buddhas, plural Buddhas)
* buddha

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Buddha (Abbild, Statue)” in Duden online
* “Buddha (Ehrentitel)” in Duden online
* “Buddha” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbud.da/
* Rhymes: -udda
* Hyphenation: Bùd‧dha

### Noun

Buddha m (invariable)
* Alternative spelling of Budda

## 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)

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: بُوذَا (būḏā)
* → Bactrian: Βοδδο (Boddo), Βουδο (Boudo)
* → Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓ (buddha.)
* → English: Buddha
* → Esperanto: Budho
* → French: Bouddha
* → Greek: Βούδας (Voúdas)
* → Irish: Búda
* → Indonesian: Buddha
** Malay: Buddha
* → Italian: Budda
* → Japanese: 仏陀 (Budda)
* → Khmer: ព្រះពុទ្ធ (prĕəh put), ពុទ្ធ (put)
* → Korean: 부처 (bucheo)
* → Lao: ພຸດທະ (phut tha), ພຸດ (phut)
* → Mongolian: Будда (Budda)
* → Russian: Бу́дда (Búdda)
* → Sogdian: [script needed] (bwt)
** → Middle Persian: bwt' (but, “Buddha; idol”)
*** Persian: بت (bot, “idol”)
* → Thai: พระพุทธเจ้า (prá-pút-tá-jâao), พุทธ (pút)
* → Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས (sangs rgyas) (calque)
* → Ukrainian: Бу́дда (Búdda)