Dzongkha edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

རྒྱལ (rgyal)

  1. to conquer, to win
  2. to bet, to gamble

Sherpa edit

Verb edit

རྒྱལ (rgyal)

  1. to win

References edit

  • Sherpa Dictionary by Nicolas Tournadre & al., Kathmandu 2009

Tibetan edit

Etymology edit

Unknown. By Li Fang-Kuei's Law, Old Tibetan rgy- derives from pre-Tibetan *ry-. Perhaps related to རྒྱ (rgya, great).

Pronunciation 1 edit


Verb edit

རྒྱལ (rgyal) (nominal form རྒྱལ་བ)

  1. (intransitive) to be victorious, to win, to conquer, to subdue, to overpower
  2. (intransitive) to be superior than another
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 2 edit


Noun edit

རྒྱལ (rgyal)

  1. conquest, victory

Derived terms edit