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A hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bengali:
প্রেত
(pret)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Burmese:
ပြိတ္တာ
(pritta)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Buryat:
бирэд
(bired)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Chinese Cantonese:
餓鬼 /饿鬼
(ngo6 gwai2)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Chinese Mandarin:
餓鬼 /饿鬼
(èguǐ)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Min Nan Chinese:
餓鬼 /饿鬼
(gō-kúi)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Hindi:
प्रेत
(pret)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Hungarian:
préta
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Japanese:
餓鬼
(gaki)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Kalmyk:
бирд
(bird)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Khmer:
ប្រេត
(praet)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Korean:
아귀
(agwi)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Mongolian:
бирд
(bird)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Pali:
peta
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Russian:
пре́та
(préta)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Sanskrit:
प्रेत
(preta)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Thai:
เปรต
(bprèet)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Tibetan:
ཡི་དྭགས
(yi dwags)
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Tocharian B:
prete
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Vietnamese:
ma đói
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
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Vietnamese:
ngạ quỷ
— a hungry ghost from Buddhist folklore
