name
Meaning 1
The Hindu name for the constellation Aquila.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
garuda
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɡæɹʊdə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ɡəˈɹuːdə/
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CMU ARPABET: G AH0 R UW1 D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A Hindu deity, half-bird, half-man, that serves as the vahana of Vishnu.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Tarkshya, Vainateya
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Garuda is the son of Vinata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 4
a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Hindu deity
History
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गरुड (garuḍa).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Assamese: গৰুল (gorul) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Balinese: garuda — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Bengali: গরুড় (goruṛ) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Burmese: ဂဠုန် (ga.lun) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Chinese Mandarin: 迦樓羅 /迦楼罗 (jiālóuluó) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Finnish: garuda — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Hindi: गरुड़ (garuṛ) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Indonesian: garuda — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Japanese: ガルダ (garuda) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Japanese: 迦楼羅 (karura) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Kannada: ಗರುಡ (garuḍa) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Khmer: គ្រុឌ (krut) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Malayalam: ഗരുഡൻ (garuḍaṉ) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Marathi: गरुड (garuḍ) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Mon: သ္ပဝ် — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Mongolian: гарьд (garʹd) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Polish: garuda — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Russian: гару́да (garúda) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Sanskrit: गरुड (garuḍa) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Shan: ၵႃလူၼ်ႇ (kǎa lùun) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Sikkimese: ཁྱུང (khyung) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Sundanese: dadali — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Tamil: கருடன் (karuṭaṉ) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Telugu: గరుడి (garuḍi) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Thai: ครุฑ (krút) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Thai: พญาครุฑ — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology
- Tibetan: ཁྱུང (khyung) — large mythical bird in Hindu and Buddhist mythology