Etymology

Chomolungma

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Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ
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  1. Tibetan · borrowed fromཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ
  2. English todayChomolungma

From Tibetan ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ (jo mo glang ma), from ཇོ་མོ (jo mo, “goddess”) + ?, translated as "Mother of the Universe" or "Goddess Mother of the Snows".

Words from the same roots

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