arhat

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat, “worthy of worship”), used as a title for sanctified Buddhists. Doublet of arahant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːhæt/

Noun

arhat (plural arhats)

  1. (Buddhism) One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint.
    • 1954: Over and against the arhat, retreating from appearances into an entirely transcendental Nirvana, stands the Bodhisattva, for whom Suchness and the world of contingencies are one — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 32)
  2. (Jainism) One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अर्हत् (arhat).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈar.xat/
  • Rhymes: -arxat
  • Syllabification: ar‧hat

Noun

arhat m pers

  1. (Buddhism) Alternative spelling of arhant

Declension
Declension of arhat
singular plural
nominative arhat arhaci/arhaty (deprecative)
genitive arhata arhatów
dative arhatowi arhatom
accusative arhata arhatów
instrumental arhatem arhatami
locative arhacie arhatach
vocative arhacie arhaci

Further reading
  • arhat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

arhat m (plural arhats)

  1. (Buddhism) arhat (a Buddhist saint)
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