པོ་ཏ་ལ
Tibetan
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पोतलक (potalaka).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*po.ta.la/
- Lhasa: /po˥˥.ta˥˥.laˑ/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*po.ta.la/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: bof-daf-la
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /po˥˥.ta˥˥.laˑ/
Proper noun
པོ་ཏ་ལ • (po ta la)
- Potala Palace (chief residence of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa)
- Mount Potalaka
Descendants
- Chinese: 布達拉/布达拉, 布達拉宮/布达拉宫 (Bùdálā Gōng), 布達拉山/布达拉山