daruma

English

A daruma doll.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 達磨 (daruma), from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “law; morality; code”), used as a clipping of 菩提達磨 (Bodaidaruma, “Bodhidharma”). Doublet of Dharma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːɹʊmə/

Noun

daruma (plural darumas)

A hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism.
- 1988 February 19, Janice Perrone, “A Gloom of Their Own”, in Chicago Reader‎:
  Like a daruma doll, you knock it over and it rights itself.
- 2012, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization, page 255:
  This combination of piety and fun also accounts for the continued popularity of roly-poly darumas, popular doll-like figures named after Bodhidharma.
Synonym: Dharma doll

Translations

Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma

Chinese:
Mandarin: 達摩／达摩 (zh) (dámó)
Japanese: 達磨 (ja) (だるま, daruma), だるま (ja) (daruma)
Korean: 다루마 (daruma), 달마(達摩) (dalma)
Marathi: दारुमा m (dārumā)

Anagrams

Madura, damaru, maraud