chorten

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noun

A Tibetan stupa, typically spindle-shaped and white.

Similar
dagoba
OriginTibetan མཆོད་རྟེན →
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Meanings

nounchorten (plural chortens)

plural chortens · alternative chörten

  1. BuddhismA Tibetan stupa, typically spindle-shaped and white.

    Synonyms: dagoba

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Tibetan stupa, typically spindle-shaped and white.

Similar
dagoba
Also see
dagoba

Origin

  1. Tibetanམཆོད་རྟེན
  2. Englishchorten

From Tibetan མཆོད་རྟེན (mchod rten).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 窣堵坡, 舍利塔
  • 窣堵坡 (sùdǔpō)Tibetan stupa
  • 舍利塔 (shèlìtǎ)Tibetan stupa
  • 佛塔 (fótǎ)Tibetan stupa
  • 白塔Tibetan stupa
Finnish tiibetiläinen stupa
  • tiibetiläinen stupaTibetan stupa
French chörten
  • chörtenTibetan stupa

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

CothernnotcherCothren
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chorten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chorten

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

Chicago

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

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