daruma
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈdɑːɹʊmə/
Definition of daruma
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
“This combination of piety and fun also accounts for the continued popularity of roly-poly darumas, popular doll-like figures named after Bodhidharma.”
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Etymology
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.
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