རྒྱལ

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

Verb

རྒྱལ (rgyal)

  1. to conquer, to win
  2. to bet, to gamble

Sherpa

Verb

རྒྱལ (rgyal)

  1. to win

References

  • Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan

Etymology

Unknown. By Li Fang-Kuei's Law, Old Tibetan rgy- derives from pre-Tibetan *ry-. Perhaps related to རྒྱ (rgya, “great”).

Pronunciation 1

Verb

རྒྱལ • (rgyal) (nominal form རྒྱལ་བ)

  1. (intransitive) to be victorious, to win, to conquer, to subdue, to overpower
  2. (intransitive) to be superior than another
Conjugation
present རྒྱལ (rgyal)
future རྒྱལ (rgyal)
past རྒྱལ (rgyal)
(archaic) རྒྱལད (rgyald)
imperative རྒྱལ (rgyal)

Pronunciation 2

Noun

རྒྱལ • (rgyal)

  1. conquest, victory

Derived terms

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