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'phags-pa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
'phags--pa
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

  • Root: འཕགས་པ

Inflected Forms

Phags-pa (alternative) ḥPʻags-pa (alternative, literary) ḥP'ags-pa (alternative, literary)

Questions

What does 'phags-pa mean?
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.
Where does 'phags-pa come from?
From Tibetan འཕགས་པ ('phags pa, literally “noble”).

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