Dictionary

pagoda en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pəˈɡoʊ.də/ (General-American)
• /pəˈɡəʊ.də/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Portuguese pagode (“Hindu temple, Hindu idol, pagoda coin”), from any of various Dravidian languages' words of respectful address to Hindu gods and idols and their temples, including Malayalam പകോതി (pakōti, “Durga temple”), Kannada, and Tamil பகவதி (pakavati, “Durga, Parvati”), possibly corrupted under the influence of Portuguese pagão (“pagan”), all ultimately from Sanskrit भगवती (bhagavatī, “Holy One, used for goddesses”). Previously but mistakenly connected with various other languages from Persia to China.

Meanings

1. (Hinduism, obsolete) A Hindu temple.
   • This King of Calycut was a Bramene, as others his Predeceſſours alſo were, which amongſt the Malabars are Prieſts, and for that it is a cuſtome and anncient order obſerved, that all the Kings doe dye in one Pagode, which is the houſe of praiers to their Idolls... 1582, Nicholas Lichefield translating Fernão Lopes de Castanheda as The Historie of the Discouerie and Conquest of the East Indias..., Vol. I, p. 34
   • All your Religious Women who assist at the Performances of Pagod Ceremonies, are unexceptionably great Whores. 1719, Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg et al., translated by Jenkin Thomas Philipps, Thirty-Four Conferences between the Danish Missionaries and the Malabarian Bramans..., page 89:
2. (Hinduism, uncommon) A tall building in an Indian, Burmese, or Thai style erected at Hindu or Buddhist temples in South and Southeast Asia, a stupa surmounted with a high point.
3. A multi-storey tower in a Chinese style used in various contexts across East Asia and Nepal, usually with upturned curving roofs above each storey.
   • On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas. 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
   • He declared he would ascend the highest pinnacle of the highest pagod in Japan. 1769, Tobias Smollett, The History and Adventures of an Atom, volume II, page 170:
4. (alt-of, alternative, archaic) Alternative form of pagod, an idol, chiefly in South and Southeast Asia.
   alt of pagod
5. (historical) A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.
   • I, in about two hours, notwithstanding the utmost caution, found myself minus upwards of six hundred pagodas […] . 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 240
   • [T]he Mahrattas having offered Alimerdy Khan his liberty for a lak of Pagodas; he does in the Nabob's name desire that the Governor of Madras would receive jewels and money to that amount into his custody, […] 1693 January 2 (date written; Gregorian calendar), J. Talboys Wheeler, compiler, “Governorship of Mr. Nathaniel Higginson. 1692–1698.”, in Madras in the Olden Time: Being a History of the Presidency from the First Foundation of the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham. 1639–1702. […], Madras: […] J. Higginbotham, […], by Graves and Co., Scottish Press, published 1861, →OCLC, page 262:
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, rare) Short for pagoda sleeve.
   alt of pagoda sleeve

Forms

Deriveds

pagoda mast · swamy-pagoda · pagoda plant · Barbie pagoda · pagoda-like · pagoda tree · pagodalike · pagodaed · pagodiform · pagoda flower · Japanese pagoda tree · pagodal · pagodite · pagodic · star pagoda · pagodane · pagoda dogwood · pagodaless

Relateds

stupa · wat

Translations (95)

gl pagode (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · my စေတီ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · tdd ᥐᥩᥒᥰᥛᥧᥰ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · hy պագոդա (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · sa भगवत (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · km វត្ត (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · cs pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · th ปรางค์ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · el παγόδα (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · be па́гада (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · th เจดีย์ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · cmn 塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · tl pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · mr पॅगोडा (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ko 탑 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · id pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · eo pagodo (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · bg па́года (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · lo ສະຖູບ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · hi बुत-ख़ाना (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · yue 寶塔 /宝塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · fr pagode (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · es pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · fi pagodi (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · it pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ur پگوڈا (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · sh pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ja 五輪の塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · tr uzakdoğu tapınağı (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · mn ᠰᠤᠪᠤᠷᠭ ᠠ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · hu pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · kmr pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · si පැගෝඩා (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · no pagode (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ko 탑파 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ja 塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · mnw စေတဳ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · fa بتکده (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · th สถูป (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · uk па́года (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ar بَاغُودٰ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ja 五重の塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ja パゴダ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · hi मन्दिर (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · mnw ကျာ် (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · fur pagode (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · sv pagod (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · pl pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ms pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ro pagodă (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ja 三重塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · az paqoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · th ถะ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · mn суврага (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · de Pagode (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · shn ၵွင်းမူး (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · da pagode (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · hi देवल (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · vi tháp chùa (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ur بت خانہ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · bn প্যাগোডা (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · tr pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ur مندر (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ja 五重塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · vi bảo tháp (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ne प्यागोडा (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ast pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · lo ເຈດີ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · lv pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ka პაგოდა (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · sh пагода (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · he פָּגוֹדָה (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · shn ၸေႇတီႇ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · sk pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ja 仏塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ru па́года (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ja 石塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · nl pagode (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ur بت کدہ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · my ဘုရား (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · et pagood (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · pt pagode (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ur دیول (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · sl pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · sq pagodë (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ja 塔婆 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · hi बुत-कदा (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · cmn 寶塔 /宝塔 (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · hi पगोडा (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · mk пагода (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · fa پاگودا (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · bo མཆོད་རྟེན (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · ca pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · lo ທາດ (a tiered tower with multiple eaves) · lt pagoda (a tiered tower with multiple eaves)

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