chogyal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ཆོས་རྒྱལ (chos rgyal), itself a calque of Sanskrit धर्मराज (dharmarāja, literally “Dharma king”).

Pronunciation

Noun

chogyal or the chogyal (countable and uncountable, plural chogyals)

  1. (historical) Certain Sikkimese monarchs which ruled from the 15th century until 1975, at which point the monarchy was abolished.

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