bodhisattva

Questions about bodhisattva

What does bodhisattva mean?

bodhisattva means "Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others".

How many syllables are in bodhisattva?

bodhisattva has 4 syllables and divides as bod-hi-satt-va under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for bodhisattva?

Close synonyms include Boddhisatva. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bodhisattva a common word?

bodhisattva is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.