Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

benzaiten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ben-zait-en
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

(Also known as "Benten-sama") The Hindu goddess, Saraswati, of knowledge, art and beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 弁才天 (Benzaiten) 弁財天 (Benzaiten).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

the goddess of happiness charm and beauty of fertility and of human creativity and the patronesses of joy amusement and festivities the fat and happy god of abundance and good health god of longevity

Frequently Paired Words

Kitsushōten the goddess of happiness charm and beauty of fertility nature and of human creativity and the patronesses of joy amusement and festivities

Questions

What does benzaiten mean?
(Also known as "Benten-sama") The Hindu goddess, Saraswati, of knowledge, art and beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.
Where does benzaiten come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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