ཆོས་རྒྱལ

Tibetan

Etymology

Compound of ཆོས (chos, “dharma”) +‎ རྒྱལ (rgyal, “to be victorious”). Calque of Sanskrit धर्मराज (dharmarāja).

Pronunciation

Noun

ཆོས་རྒྱལ • (chos rgyal)

  1. dharma king, chogyal (one of several Buddhist monarchs in the Tibetan cultural sphere)

Descendants

  • → English: chogyal

Proper noun

ཆོས་རྒྱལ • (chos rgyal)

  1. a male given name
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