རླུང་རྟ
Tibetan
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རླུང་རྟ།
Etymology
རླུང (rlung, “wind”) + རྟ (rta, “horse”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*rluŋ.rta/
- Lhasa: /luŋ˥˥.tə˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*rluŋ.rta/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lungf-dacf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /luŋ˥˥.tə˥˥/
Noun
རླུང་རྟ • (rlung rta)
- wind horse (mythological creature that symbolises the soul and good luck)
- A type of prayer flag, flown horizontally.
- (figurative) luck, fortune