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buddha

UK/ˈbʊdə//ˈbudə/

buddha noun: marijuana. Also the alternative letter-case form of Buddha.

Noun (1)

buddha (countable and uncountable, plural buddhas)

  1. (US, slang, uncountable) Marijuana.
    • 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 abuser1994, The Notorious B.I.G., “Everyday Struggle”, in Ready to Die
    • 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 steps1994, Nas, “It Ain't Hard to Tell”, in Illmatic

Proper noun capitalized: Buddha

the Buddha

  1. Siddhartha Gautama, ancient Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
    Synonyms:
    Siddhartha, Siddhartha Gautama, Gautama Buddha, Sakyamuni, Sakyamuni Buddha, Vishnu

Noun (2) capitalized: Buddha

Buddha (plural Buddhas)

  1. Any other person considered similarly enlightened.
    • At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does.
    • “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.”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
  2. (broadly) Any other person considered similarly enlightened.
    • There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century.
  3. (figuratively, ironic) Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.
    • 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...2007 February 20, Chris Chibnall, Life on Mars, season 2, episode 2
    Synonyms:
    know-it-all or smartass
  4. A statue or image of any Buddha.
    • I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha.

Also used as

buddha is also the alternative letter-case form of Buddha.

buddha meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Kannada

buddha in Marathi

बुद्ध, बुध्द

buddha in Bengali

বুদ্ধ

buddha in Telugu

బుద్ధుడు, బుద్ధ

buddha in Kannada

ಬುದ್ಧ, ಬುದ್ಧನು
More languagesFewer languages
buddha in Punjabi
ਬੁੱਧ
buddha in Nepali
बुद्ध

Synonyms of buddha

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Forms of buddha

Noun
pluralbuddhas
pluralBuddhas
Proper noun
alternative uncommonBudda
alternative formBuddhah
alternative formbuddha
alternative form (archaic)Boodha

Origin of 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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Questions about buddha

What does buddha mean?
Buddha means marijuana.
What is buddha in Marathi?
Buddha in Marathi is बुद्ध, बुध्द. See Buddha meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is buddha?
Buddha can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce buddha?
Buddha is pronounced /ˈbʊdə/ (UK).
What is the plural of buddha?
The plural of buddha is buddhas.

Words near buddha in the dictionary

  1. budder
  2. Budderoo
  3. budders
  4. Buddery
  5. Buddes
  6. buddha
  7. Buddha bellies
  8. Buddha belly
  9. Buddha belly bamboo
  10. Buddha belly bamboos
  11. Buddha bowl

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: buddha (page history and authors); Buddha (page history and authors); buddha (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); buddha (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); buddha (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); buddha (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); buddha (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); buddha (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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