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pagoda
(pə gō′də)
noun
in India and the Far East, a temple in the form of a pyramidal tower of several stories, usually an odd number, commonly built over a sacred relic or as a work of devotion
Origin: Port pagode, prob. < Pers butkadah, house of idols < but, idol + kadah, house, dwelling, prob. infl. by Prakrit bhagodī, divine, holy < Sans bhagavatī, divine, deity
See pagoda in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A religious building of the Far East, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a memorial or shrine.b. A stupa.
- A structure, such as a garden pavilion, built in imitation of a multistory Buddhist tower.
Origin:
Origin: Portuguese pagode
Origin: , perhaps from Tamil pagavadi
Origin: , from Sanskrit bhagavatī, goddess
Origin: , from
Origin: feminine of bhagavat-, blessed
Origin: , from bhagaḥ, good fortune; see bhag- in Indo-European roots
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