婆伽婆

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (婆伽婆)		婆	伽	婆
simp. #(婆伽婆)		婆	伽	婆

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit भगवान् (bhagavān).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Pógāpó

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˊ ㄍㄚ ㄆㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Pógāpó
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˊ ㄍㄚ ㄆㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Pógapó
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻo²-ka¹-pʻo²
    • Yale: Pwó-gā-pwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Porgapor
    • Palladius: Погапо (Pogapo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰu̯ɔ³⁵ kä⁵⁵ pʰu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ba gja ba

Rime
Character	婆	伽
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	戈 (96)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	薄波切	求迦切
Baxter	ba	gja
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buɑ/	/ɡɨɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/buɑ/	/ɡiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/buɑ/	/ɡiɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwa/	/gɨa/
Li Rong	/buɑ/	/ɡiɑ/
Wang Li	/buɑ/	/ɡǐɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ/	/gi̯ɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pó	qié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	po4	ke4

Proper noun

婆伽婆

1. (Buddhism) Bhagavan, an epithet for the Buddha.

   Synonym: 世尊 (Shìzūn)