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The Standard or Central Tibetan endonym for Tibet, Bod (Tibetan: བོད་), is pronounced , transliterated Bhö or Phö. Rolf Stein (1922) explains, . The name Tibetans give their country, Bod (now pronounced Pö in the Central dialect, as we have seen), was closely rendered and preserved by their Indian neighbours to the south, as Bhoṭa, Bhauṭa or Bauṭa.
In the Tibetan diaspora, Tibetans often turn to the Dalai Lama for names for their children. As a result, the exile community has an overwhelming population of boys and girls whose first name is "Tenzin", the personal first name of the 14th Dalai Lama. Personal names are in most cases composed of readily understood Tibetan words.
Tashi delek (Tibetan: བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས, Wylie: bkra shis bde legs, Tibetan pronunciation: [tʂáɕi tèle]) is a Tibetan expression used to greet, congratulate or wish someone good luck. It is also used in Bhutan and Northeast India in the same way.
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples galact-[1] (ΓΛΑΚ) [2]milk: Greek: γάλα, γάλακτος (gála, gálaktos): galactagogue, galactic, galactorrhea, lactose, polygala, polygalactia, galaxy
Dechen (Tibetan: བདེ་ཆེན, Wylie: bde-chen, ZYPY: Dêqên, Jaques-IPA:bdʔe.tɕʰʔen) is a Tibetan name meaning "great bliss". It is a Tibetan translation of the Sanskrit term mahāsukha (महा सुख). [1] [2] It is commonly used in Bhutan, Ladakh, Nepal and Tibet. People with the name Dechen include:
Old Tibetan refers to the earliest attested form of Tibetan language, reflected in documents from the adoption of writing by the Tibetan Empire in the mid-7th century to the early 9th century. In 816 CE, during the reign of Tibetan King Sadnalegs , literary Tibetan underwent comprehensive standardization, resulting in Classical Tibetan .
National Tibetan mythology stems from the history of the country, and was passed down by word of mouth or works of art such as cave paintings. The latter include gods and sacred mythological creatures like the Five Clawed Great Eagle of the Sky, and also record information about how the Tibetan people lived. [2]
Tashi delek, a Tibetan all-purpose greeting with the meaning of "blessings and good luck". Tashi Group, a privately owned industrial/commercial group in Bhutan; Tashi Namgyal Academy, a public school in Sikkim, India; Tashi Quartet, an American ensemble of classical musicians, originally formed in 1973 as "Tashi" Tashi Duncan, from the film ...