Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any other person considered similarly enlightened.

    At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does.

    Buddha

    бу́ддаbúdda

  2. (figuratively, ironic)Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.

  3. A statue or image of any Buddha.

    I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha.

More definitions
  • founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC)
  • one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment

Examples

32 sentences
  1. There is no God and no Buddha.

    Не існує ані бога, ані Будди. — deniko

    ruНе существует ни Бога, ни Будды. — pauldhunt

    deEs gibt weder Gott noch Buddha. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. Buddha-nature is the pure mind inside all of us.

  3. There is neither God nor Buddha.

    deEs gibt weder Gott noch Buddha. — al_ex_an_der

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  4. Now there is neither God nor Buddha.

    deEs gibt jetzt keinen Gott und keinen Buddha. — samueldora

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  5. He carved a Buddha statue from wood.

    ruОн вырезал из дерева статую Будды. — sharptoothed

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
enlightened human:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
enlightened human:

Origin

Learned borrowing from Pali Buddha (“the Awakened One, the Enlightened One”), from buddha

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”).

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Forms

plural: Buddhas

Synonyms

5 synonyms
know-it-all or smartass
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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