Etymology

chogyal

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Today it means: Certain Sikkimese monarchs which ruled from the 15th century until 1975, at which point the monarchy was abolished. Full definition →

Tibetan ཆོས་རྒྱལ ← Sanskrit धर्मराज
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromधर्मराज
  2. Tibetan · borrowed fromཆོས་རྒྱལ
  3. English todaychogyal

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

Words from the same roots

Sanskritधर्मराज all →

Dharmaraja

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