པོ་ཏ་ལ

Tibetan

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पोतलक (potalaka).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*po.ta.la/
• Lhasa: /po˥˥.ta˥˥.laˑ/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*po.ta.la/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: bo^f-da^f-la
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /po˥˥.ta˥˥.laˑ/

Proper noun

པོ་ཏ་ལ • (po ta la)

1. Potala Palace (chief residence of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa)
2. Mount Potalaka

Descendants

• Chinese: 布達拉／布达拉, 布達拉宮／布达拉宫 (Bùdálā Gōng), 布達拉山／布达拉山