garuda

garuda

See also: Garuda

English

statue of Garuda

Etymology

From Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæɹʊdə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɹuːdə/

Noun

garuda (plural garudas)

1. A large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda is the son of Vinata.

Translations

large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology

Assamese: গৰুল (gorul) Burmese: ဂဠုန် (my) (ga.lun) Chinese: Mandarin: 迦樓羅／迦楼罗 (zh) Indonesian: garuda (id) Japanese: ガルダ (garuda), 迦楼羅 (ja) (karura) Kannada: ಗರುಡ (kn) (garuḍa) Malayalam: ഗരുഡൻ (ml) (garuḍaṉ) Mon: သ္ပဝ် Mongolian: гарьд (garʹd) Polish: garuda (pl) m Russian: гару́да f (garúda) Sanskrit: गरुड (sa) m (garuḍa) Shan: ၵႃလူၼ်ႇ (shn) (kǎa lùun) Sundanese: dadali Tamil: கருடன் (ta) (karuṭaṉ) Telugu: గరుడి (te) (garuḍi) Thai: ครุฑ (th) (krút), พญาครุฑ Tibetan: ཁྱུང (khyung)

Further reading

• garuda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Indonesian

garuda (Nisaetus bartelsi)

Etymology

From Javanese ꦒꦫꦸꦣ (garuḍa, “eagle”), from Old Javanese garuḍa, from Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈruda/
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: ga‧ru‧da

Noun

garuda (first-person possessive garudaku, second-person possessive garudamu, third-person possessive garudanya)

1. garuda: A large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda is the son of Vinata. The bird is represented as an eagle, especially as elang Jawa or Javan hawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi).
   1. (colloquial) The Indonesian official coat of arms, Garuda Pancasila.
   2. (colloquial) The Indonesian national airline, Garuda Indonesia.

Alternative forms

• geroda (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “garuda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.