ཆོས་འཕེལ

Sikkimese

Etymology

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Noun

ཆོས་འཕེལ (chos 'phel)

  1. (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)

  1. a male given name