"chorten" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chortens [plural], chörten [alternative]
Etymology: From Tibetan མཆོད་རྟེན (mchod rten). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|མཆོད་རྟེན}} Tibetan མཆོད་རྟེན (mchod rten) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chorten (plural chortens)
  1. (Buddhism) A Tibetan stupa, typically spindle-shaped and white. Synonyms: dagoba Translations (Tibetan stupa): 窣堵坡 (sùdǔpō) (Chinese Mandarin), 舍利塔 (shèlìtǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 佛塔 (fótǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 白塔 (Chinese Mandarin), tiibetiläinen stupa (Finnish), chörten [masculine] (French), མཆོད་རྟེན (mchod rten) (Tibetan)

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