Gautama
/ɡaʊˈtɑːmə/
Gautama proper noun: siddhartha Gautama - the personal name of the Buddha.
Proper noun
Gautama
- Siddhartha Gautama - the personal name of the Buddha.
- A surname from Sanskrit of Indian origin.
- A male given name from Sanskrit used in India; more often romanised as Gautam.
Gautama meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Gautama in Hindi
- Translations
- गौतम gautam
Gautama in Tamil
- அட்சபாதன், போதிசத்துவன்
Gautama in Marathi
- Translations
- गौतम gautam
Gautama in Urdu
- Translations
- گَوتَم gautam
More languagesFewer languages
- Gautama in Bengali
- গৌতম gōutom
- Gautama in Telugu
- గౌతముడు gautamuḍu, గోతముడు gōtamuḍu
- Gautama in Sanskrit
- गोतम gotama, गौतम gautama
- Gautama in Sinhala
- ගෞතම gautama
- Gautama in Thai
- พระโคตมพุทธเจ้า koo-dtà-má, โคตม koo-dtà-má-
- Gautama in Vietnamese
- Cù Đàm, Kiều-đạt-ma
- Gautama in Myanmar
- ဂေါတမ gau:ta.ma., ဂေါတမဘုရား gau:ta.ma.bhu.ra:
Origin of Gautama
Borrowed from Sanskrit गौतम (gautama).
Words formed from Gautama
Questions about Gautama
- What does Gautama mean?
- Gautama means siddhartha Gautama - the personal name of the Buddha.
- What is Gautama in Hindi?
- Gautama in Hindi is गौतम (gautam). See Gautama meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Gautama?
- Gautama is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Gautama?
- Gautama is pronounced /ɡaʊˈtɑːmə/.
Words near Gautama in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Gautama (page history and authors); gautama (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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