arhat

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.

Derived terms

• arhathood
• arhatship

Translations

a Buddhist saint

Bengali: অর্হৎ (ôrhôt), অর্হত (ôrhôtô) Burmese: ရဟန္တာ (my) (ra.hanta) Chinese: Mandarin: 阿羅漢／阿罗汉 (zh) (āluóhàn) Hindi: अर्हन्त m (arhant) Japanese: 阿羅漢 (arakan) Khmer: អរហន្ត (km) (ʼârôhntâ) Korean: 아라한 (ko) (arahan) Lao: please add this translation if you can Manchu: please add this translation if you can Mon: please add this translation if you can Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can Polish: arhant m, arhat m Portuguese: arhat m Russian: арха́т (ru) m (arxát) Shan: please add this translation if you can Sinhalese: අරහත් (arahat) Tamil: அருகதர் (arukatar) Thai: พระอรหันต Tibetan: དགྲ་བཅོམ་པ (dgra bcom pa) Urdu: ارہنت‎ m (arhant) Vietnamese: A-la-hán, la hán (vi)

Anagrams

• Ahart, HAART, Hatra, Tarah

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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
genitive	arhata	arhatów
dative	arhatowi	arhatom
accusative	arhata	arhatów
instrumental	arhatem	arhatami
locative	arhacie	arhatach
vocative	arhacie	arhaci

Further reading

• arhat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• arhat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

arhat m (plural arhats)

1. (Buddhism) arhat (a Buddhist saint)