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Tendai

Tendai proper noun: a Mahayana Buddhist tradition with esoteric elements, officially established in Japan in 806 by the monk Saichō.

Proper noun (1)

Tendai

  1. A Mahayana Buddhist tradition with esoteric elements, officially established in Japan in 806 by the monk Saichō.

Proper noun (2)

Tendai (plural Tendais)

  1. A unisex given name from Shona.
    • Matida's three sons, Tendai, Ziteya and Chimbadzwe heard that their lives were in danger so they disappeared with their sister Chikadzi to Tandi's chiefdom under Makoni.1977, Michael Gelfand, The Spiritual Beliefs of the Shona: A Study Based on Field Work Among the East-Central Shona, Mambo Press, page 17
    • She herself asked that the students just call her by her first name, Tendai.1994, “What's her name?: Forms of address in Shona”, in Mary Bucholtz, director, Cultural Performances: Proceedings of the Third Berkeley Women and Language Conference, April 8, 9, and 10, 1994...

Forms of Tendai

pluralTendais

Origin of Tendai

Japanese 天台.

Shona Tendai.

Questions about Tendai

What does Tendai mean?
Tendai means a Mahayana Buddhist tradition with esoteric elements, officially established in Japan in 806 by the monk Saichō.
What part of speech is Tendai?
Tendai is a proper noun.

Words near Tendai in the dictionary

  1. tend
  2. tend bar
  3. tend to one's knitting
  4. tend to one's own knitting
  5. Tenda
  6. Tendai
  7. tendamistat
  8. tendance
  9. tendances
  10. tendancies
  11. tendancy

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