juggernaut

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.ə.nɔːt/
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• US: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.ɚ.nɔt/
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• /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.ɚ.nɑt/
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• Australian: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.ə.nɔːt/
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• CMU ARPABET: JH AH1 G ER0 N AO2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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See juggernaut.

Borrowed in the 17th century into British English in India, either through Hindustani جَگَنَّاتھ (jagannāth) / जगन्नाथ (jagannāth) or directly from Odia ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ (jagannātha), ultimately from Sanskrit ज॒ग॒न्ना॒थ (jagannāthá, “lord of universe”) (Jagannatha), a title for the Hindu deity Vishnu's avatar Krishna. The sense comes from witnessing the Rath Yatra (chariot parade) at Puri, Odisha, a huge annual procession which features a wagon of the idol of Jagannath; pulled with ropes by hundreds of devotees, the wagon develops considerable momentum and becomes unstoppable. The r was not originally pronounced: for non-rhotic dialects of British English, the spelling with -er- accurately suggests the Hindi-Urdu pronunciation of the second vowel (a schwa ə); compare e.g. gorm. The spelling of the ending was influenced by the suffix -naut (“traveller, voyager”). Doublet of Jagannath.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طَاغُوت (ṭāḡūt) — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Arabic: جِبْت (jibt) — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Dutch: pletwals — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Esperanto: ŝoserulilo — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Estonian: teerull — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Finnish: kaiken tieltään tuhoava voima — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Finnish: tiejyrä — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• French: rouleau compresseur — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Greek: οδοστρωτήρας (odostrotíras) — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Hungarian: buldózer — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Hungarian: torpedó — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Hungarian: monstrum — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Hungarian: mindent eltipró/elsöprő erő/tárgy — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Italian: macchina da guerra — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Japanese: 圧倒的な力 (attōteki na chikara) — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Polish: ślepa siła niszczycielska — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Russian: джаггерна́ут (džaggernáut) — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Spanish: monstruo — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Spanish: gigante — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Welsh: jygarnot — literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path
• Finnish: täysperävaunurekka — large, cumbersome truck or lorry
• French: poids lourd — large, cumbersome truck or lorry
• German: Lastkraftwagen — large, cumbersome truck or lorry
• German: Monstertruck — large, cumbersome truck or lorry
• Japanese: 超大型トレーラートラック — large, cumbersome truck or lorry
• Polish: wielka ciężarówka z naczepą — large, cumbersome truck or lorry
• Russian: грузови́к (gruzovík) — large, cumbersome truck or lorry
• German: Moloch — institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed
• Polish: moloch — institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed