preta
preta · pretas
прета
A hungry ghostA hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)
/ˈpɹeɪtə/
Meaning
1 sensesA hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)
пре́таpréta
Translations
1 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore:
Origin
From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).
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