ཆོས་འཕེལ
Sikkimese
Etymology
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Noun
ཆོས་འཕེལ (chos 'phel)
- (Buddhism) proselytizer, one who spreads the faith.
References
- Norden Tshering; Pema Rinzin Takchungdarpo (2001), ལྙོ་དབྱིན་ ཤན་སྦྱར་གྱི་ ཆིག་མཇོ་ད།། [Lho dbyin shan sbyar gyi chig mjo da., Bhutia-English Dictionary][1] (overall work in English and Sikkimese), Gangtok, Sikkim: Kwality Stores, page 58
Tibetan
Etymology
From ཆོས (chos, “dharma”) + འཕེལ ('phel, “to spread”).
Proper noun
ཆོས་འཕེལ • (chos 'phel)
- a male given name