གྲྭ་པ
Tibetan
Alternative forms
- གྲ་པ (gra pa)
Etymology
གྲྭ (grwa) + པ (pa, “nominalization suffix”)
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*grʷa.pa/
- Lhasa: /ʈ͡ʂʰa˩˧˨.paˑ/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*grʷa.pa/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: chaw-ba
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa˩˧˨.paˑ/
Noun
གྲྭ་པ • (grwa pa)
- (Tibetan Buddhism) monk
- གྲྭ་པ་མེད་པའི་མཁན་པོ་
- grwa pa med pa'i mkhan po
- an abbot without any monks
Related terms
- དགེ་སློང (dge slong)
- དགེ་འདུན་པ (dge 'dun pa)
- ཧྭ་ཤང (hwa shang)
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