Word "flag" in Tibetan (Standard)

Last modified: 2016-03-24 by antónio martins
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• Word " དར་ "
• Word " བ་དན་ "

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Overview

Here are the various words related to flags used in Tibetan:

• Dar (དར་): flag
• Baden (ba dan, བ་དན་): multi-tailed banner
• Chardar (’phyar dar, འཕྱར་དར): long prayer flag
• Darcha (dar cha, དར་ཆ་): banner
• Darchen (dar chen, དར་ཆེན་): big prayer flag
• Darchog (dar lcog, དར་ལྕོག་): vertical prayer flag
• Darshing (dar shing, དར་ཤིང་): hoist
• Dartsön (dar tshon, དར་ཚོན་): colored pennants or ribbons
• Dungdar (mdung dar, མདུང་དར་): spear-flag, a triangular pennant flown on a spear
• Gyeldar (rgyal dar, རྒྱལ་དར་): national flag
• Lungta (rlung rta, རླུང་རྟ་): prayer flag, named from the windhorse which appears on it
• Magdar (dmag dar, དམག་དར་): military flag
• Rudar (ru dar, རུ་དར་): banner, a triangular standard or pennant for a military unit
• Weldar (dbal dar, དབལ་དར་): hero’s flag, a triangular flag mostly found on deities’ apparel

Word " དར་ "

Word:

དར་

Transliteration:

dar

Script:

Tibetan

Etym. family:

(uniques)

Word " བ་དན་ " (="multi-tailed banner")

Word:

བ་དན་

Transliteration:

baden

Script:

Tibetan

Etym. family:

*pataka

Meaning:

multi-tailed banner

The word "baden" apparently comes from the Sanskrit word pataka (flag / pennon / emblem).
Corentin Chamboredon, 06 Feb 2016

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