pagoda

(pə gō)

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
  1. a. A religious building of the Far East, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a memorial or shrine.
    b. A stupa.
  2. 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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