buddha

Other forms of buddha

plural

buddhas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about buddha

What does buddha mean?

buddha means "founder of Buddhism (c 563-483 BC)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in buddha?

buddha has 2 syllables: budd-ha. The stress falls on "budd". In IPA it is /ˈbudə/.

What is another word for buddha?

Close synonyms include Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha. 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 buddha a common word?

buddha is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with buddha?

1 word rhymes with buddha. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.