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Webster 1913 Edition


Pagoda

Pa-go′da

,
Noun.
[Pg.
pagoda
,
pagode
, fr. Hind. & Per.
but-kadah
a house of idols, or abode of God; Per.
but
an idol +
kadah
a house, a temple.]
1.
A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, – usually but not always, devoted to idol worship.
2.
An idol.
[R.]
Brande & C.
3.
[Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr.
bhagavat
holy, divine) stamped on it.]
A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.

Definition 2024


pagoda

pagoda

English

The pagoda at Shitennoji in Osaka

Alternative forms

Noun

pagoda (plural pagodas)

  1. An Asian religious building, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a shrine or temple.
  2. An ornamental structure, of that design, erected in a park or garden.
  3. (historical) A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties in medieval southern India.

Derived terms

  • pagoda tree

Translations

See also


Asturian

Noun

pagoda f (plural pagodes)

  1. pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒɡodɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da

Noun

pagoda (plural pagodák)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pagoda pagodák
accusative pagodát pagodákat
dative pagodának pagodáknak
instrumental pagodával pagodákkal
causal-final pagodáért pagodákért
translative pagodává pagodákká
terminative pagodáig pagodákig
essive-formal pagodaként pagodákként
essive-modal
inessive pagodában pagodákban
superessive pagodán pagodákon
adessive pagodánál pagodáknál
illative pagodába pagodákba
sublative pagodára pagodákra
allative pagodához pagodákhoz
elative pagodából pagodákból
delative pagodáról pagodákról
ablative pagodától pagodáktól
Possessive forms of pagoda
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pagodám pagodáim
2nd person sing. pagodád pagodáid
3rd person sing. pagodája pagodái
1st person plural pagodánk pagodáink
2nd person plural pagodátok pagodáitok
3rd person plural pagodájuk pagodáik

Italian

Etymology

From Portuguese pagode, which is via Tamil from Sanskrit भगवती (Bhagavatī, name of a goddess) or भागवत (Bhāgavata, follower of Bhagavatī).

Noun

pagoda f (plural pagode)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Latvian

Noun

pagoda f (4th declension)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Declension


Lithuanian

Noun

pagoda f (plural pagodos)

  1. pagoda

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pǎɡoda/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧go‧da

Noun

pàgoda f (Cyrillic spelling па̀года)

  1. (architecture) pagoda

Declension


Spanish

Noun

pagoda f (plural pagodas)

  1. pagoda