'Phags-pa

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Etymology

From Tibetan འཕགས་པ ('phags pa, literally “noble”).

Proper noun

'Phags-pa

  1. An alphabet designed in the 1200s by the Tibetan monk and State Preceptor Drogön Chögyal Phagpa for Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty.

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