བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས

Tibetan

Etymology

བཀྲ་ཤིས (bkra shis, “good fortune, benediction”) +‎ བདེ་ལེགས (bde legs, “bliss and happiness”)

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*bkra.ɕis.bde.leks/
Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂə˥˥.ɕi˥˨.te˩˨.le˥˨/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*bkra.ɕis.bde.leks/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: zhac^f-xi^h-de^v-le^h
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ʈ͡ʂə˥˥.ɕi˥˨.te˩˨.le˥˨/

Phrase

བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས • (bkra shis bde legs)

tashi delek, a Tibetan all-purpose greeting with the meaning of "blessings and good luck".

Descendants

→ Mandarin: 扎西德勒 (zhāxīdélè)