བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས
Tibetan
Etymology
བཀྲ་ཤིས (bkra shis, “good fortune, benediction”) + བདེ་ལེགས (bde legs, “bliss and happiness”)
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*bkra.ɕis.bde.leks/
- Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂə˥˥.ɕi˥˩.te˩˧.le˥˩/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*bkra.ɕis.bde.leks/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: zhacf-xih-dev-leh
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂə˥˥.ɕi˥˩.te˩˧.le˥˩/
Phrase
བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས • (bkra shis bde legs)
- tashi delek, a Tibetan all-purpose greeting with the meaning of "blessings and good luck".
Descendants
- Chinese: 扎西德勒 (zhāxīdélè)