Etymology

bodai

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Japanese 菩提 ← Middle Chinese 菩提 ← Sanskrit बोधि
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromबोधि
  2. Middle Chinese · derived from菩提
  3. Japanese · borrowed from菩提
  4. English todaybodai

From Japanese 菩提 (bodai), from Middle Chinese 菩提 (bu dej), from Sanskrit बोधि (bodhi). Doublet of bodhi.

Words from the same roots

Sanskritबोधि all →

bodhiBodhipathapradīpabo tree

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.