རླུང་རྟ

Tibetan

རླུང་རྟ།

Etymology

རླུང (rlung, “wind”) +‎ རྟ (rta, “horse”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*rluŋ.rta/
• Lhasa: /luŋ˥˥.tə˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*rluŋ.rta/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: lung^f-dac^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /luŋ˥˥.tə˥˥/

Noun

རླུང་རྟ • (rlung rta)

1. (mythology) wind horse (mythological creature that symbolises the soul and good luck)
2. A type of prayer flag, flown horizontally.
3. (figurative) luck, fortune

Descendants

• → English: wind horse (calque)
• → German: Windpferd (calque)