pagoda
pronunciation
How to pronounce pagoda in British English:
UK [pəˈɡəʊdə]
How to pronounce pagoda in American English:
US [pəˈɡoʊdə]
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- Noun:
- an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
Word Origin
- pagoda
- pagoda: [17] The immediate source of pagoda was Portuguese pagoda, but this is generally assumed to have been an adaptation of Persian butkada, a compound put together from but ‘idol’ and kada ‘dwelling, temple’. Its form was no doubt influenced by bhagodī, a word for ‘holy’ in the vernacular languages of India.
- pagoda (n.)
- 1580s, pagode (modern form from 1630s), from Portuguese pagode (early 16c.), perhaps from a corruption of Persian butkada, from but "idol" + kada "dwelling." Or perhaps from or influenced by Tamil pagavadi "house belonging to a deity," from Sanskrit bhagavati "goddess," fem. of bhagavat "blessed, adorable," from *bhagah "good fortune," from PIE root *bhag- "to share out, apportion" (cognates: Greek phagein "to eat;" see -phagous).
Example
- 1. But a pagoda works nothing like a pine tree .
- 2. Do you see the pagoda on that hill ?
- 3. On the top of the hill is a pagoda that dates back to the ming dynasty .
- 4. On the way to la pagoda for dinner , zhu picked up a local real-estate circular .
- 5. The slightly smaller horyuji pagoda in nara was built in 607 and is thought to be the oldest multi-storey wooden structure in the world .