རླུང་རྟ

Tibetan

Etymology

རླུང (rlung, “wind”) +‎ རྟ (rta, “horse”).

Pronunciation

Noun

རླུང་རྟ • (rlung rta)

  1. (mythology) wind horse (mythological creature that symbolises the soul and good luck)
  2. A type of prayer flag, flown horizontally.
  3. (figurative) luck, fortune

Descendants

  • → English: wind horse (calque)
  • → German: Windpferd (calque)
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