པོ་ཏ་ལ

Tibetan

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पोतलक (potalaka).

Pronunciation

Old Tibetan: /*po.ta.la/
Lhasa: /po˥˥.ta˥˥.laˑ/

Old Tibetan:
- IPA^(key): /*po.ta.la/ (reconstructed)
Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: bo^f-da^f-la
- (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /po˥˥.ta˥˥.laˑ/

Proper noun

པོ་ཏ་ལ • (po ta la)

Potala Palace (chief residence of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa)
Mount Potalaka

Descendants

Chinese: 布達拉／布达拉, 布達拉宮／布达拉宫 (Bùdálā Gōng), 布達拉山／布达拉山

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