མཆོད་རྟེན

མཆོད་རྟེན

Tibetan

Etymology

མཆོད (mchod, “to offer; to worship”) +‎ རྟེན (rten, “seat; temple”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*mt͡ɕʰot.rten/
• Lhasa: /ˀt͡ɕʰøː˥˥.tẽ˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*mt͡ɕʰot.rten/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: qoe^f-den^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ˀt͡ɕʰøː˥˥.tẽ˥˥/

Noun

མཆོད་རྟེན • (mchod rten)

1. (Buddhism) stupa

Descendants

• → English: chorten