Dictionary

preta en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹeɪtə/

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).

Meanings

1. A hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)

Forms

Translations (21)

hu préta (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · my ပြိတ္တာ (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · cmn 餓鬼 /饿鬼 (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · hi प्रेत (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · ja 餓鬼 (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · nan 餓鬼 /饿鬼 (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · ko 아귀 (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · bn প্রেত (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · pi peta (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · xal бирд (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · ru пре́та (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · vi ma đói (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · bo ཡི་དྭགས (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · yue 餓鬼 /饿鬼 (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · mn бирд (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · vi ngạ quỷ (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · bua бирэд (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · sa प्रेत (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · th เปรต (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · txb prete (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore) · km ប្រេត (a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore)