だるま

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of だるま – see the following entry.

【達磨】 [noun] a daruma: a hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism [proper noun] Dharma, clipping of 菩提達磨 (Bodaidaruma, “Bodhidharma”)

(This term, だるま (daruma), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)