chogyal

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noun

Certain Sikkimese monarchs which ruled from the 15th century until 1975, at which point the monarchy was abolished.

OriginTibetan ཆོས་རྒྱལ ← Sanskrit धर्मराज →
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Meanings

nounchogyal or the chogyal (countable and uncountable, plural chogyals)

plural chogyals

  1. countablehistoricaluncountableCertain Sikkimese monarchs which ruled from the 15th century until 1975, at which point the monarchy was abolished.

Origin

  1. Sanskritधर्मराज
  2. Tibetanཆོས་རྒྱལ
  3. Englishchogyal

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

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Translations

Bengali চোগিয়াল, ছোগিয়াল
  • চোগিয়াল (cōgiẏal)Buddhist monarch
  • ছোগিয়াল (chōgiẏal)Buddhist monarch
Chinese Mandarin 卻嘉 /却嘉
  • 卻嘉 /却嘉 (quèjiā)Buddhist monarch
Hindi छोग्याल
  • छोग्याल (chogyāl)Buddhist monarch
Korean 초걀
  • 초걀 (chogyal)Buddhist monarch
Russian чогья́л
  • чогья́л (čogʹjál)Buddhist monarch
Tamil சோக்கியால்
  • சோக்கியால் (cōkkiyāl)Buddhist monarch
Ukrainian чоґ'я́л
  • чоґ'я́л (čogʺjál)Buddhist monarch
Urdu چوگیال
  • چوگیال (cogyāl)Buddhist monarch
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chogyal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chogyal

MLA

“chogyal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chogyal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chogyal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chogyal.

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