རླུང་རྟ

Tibetan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*rluŋ.rta/
Lhasa: /luŋ˥˥.tə˥˥/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*rluŋ.rta/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: lung^f-dac^f
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /luŋ˥˥.tə˥˥/

Noun

རླུང་རྟ • (rlung rta)

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

Descendants

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

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