daruma

noun /ˈdɑːɹʊmə/

1. A hollow, round, Japanese traditional doll modeled after Bodhidharma, the founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism.

   Like a daruma doll, you knock it over and it rights itself.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 達磨 (daruma), from Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “law; morality; code”), used as a clipping of 菩提達磨 (Bodaidaruma, “Bodhidharma”). Doublet of Dharma.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry daruma (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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