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Word "flag" in Tibetan (Standard)
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དར་
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Here are the various words related to flags used in Tibetan:
- Dar (དར་): flag
- Baden (ba dan,
བ་དན་):
multi-tailed banner
- Chardar (’phyar dar,
འཕྱར་དར):
long prayer flag
- Darcha (dar cha,
དར་ཆ་): banner
- Darchen (dar chen,
དར་ཆེན་):
big prayer flag
- Darchog (dar lcog,
དར་ལྕོག་):
vertical prayer flag
- Darshing (dar shing,
དར་ཤིང་):
hoist
- Dartsön (dar tshon,
དར་ཚོན་):
colored pennants or ribbons
- Dungdar (mdung dar,
མདུང་དར་):
spear-flag, a triangular pennant flown on a spear
- Gyeldar (rgyal dar,
རྒྱལ་དར་):
national flag
- Lungta (rlung rta,
རླུང་རྟ་):
prayer flag, named from the windhorse which appears on it
- Magdar (dmag dar,
དམག་དར་):
military flag
- Rudar (ru dar,
རུ་དར་): banner, a
triangular standard or pennant for a military unit
- Weldar (dbal dar,
དབལ་དར་):
hero’s flag, a triangular flag mostly found on deities’
apparel
Corentin Chamboredon, 06 Feb 2016
Word " དར་ "
- Word:
- དར་
- Transliteration:
- dar
- Script:
- Tibetan
- Etym. family:
- (uniques)
- Meaning:
-
flag
Word " བ་དན་ "
- Word:
- བ་དན་
- Transliteration:
- baden
- Script:
- Tibetan
- Etym. family:
- *pataka
- Meaning:
-
multi-tailed banner
The word "baden" apparently comes from the Sanskrit word
pataka (flag / pennon
/ emblem).
Corentin Chamboredon, 06 Feb 2016
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