"ལོ་ཙཱ་བ" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Tibetan]

IPA: /lo˩˨.t͡sa˥˥.waˑ/ [Lhasa] Forms: lo tsā ba [romanization], ལོ་ཙཱ [alternative], ལོ་ཙ [alternative], ལོ་ཙ་བ [alternative], ལོ་ཙྭ་བ [alternative]
Etymology: Generally believed to be derived from locchava, locchāva, loccava, locava or locāva, corruptions of Sanskrit लोकचाक्षुस् (lokacākṣus, “eye of the world, i.e. one who opens the eyes of the world”). See འཇིག་རྟེན་མིག་གཅིག ('jig rten mig gcig, “translator [world-eye]”), a literal translation of the same Sanskrit term. Etymology templates: {{der|bo|sa|लोकचाक्षुस्||eye of the world, i.e. one who opens the eyes of the world}} Sanskrit लोकचाक्षुस् (lokacākṣus, “eye of the world, i.e. one who opens the eyes of the world”) Head templates: {{head|bo|noun}} ལོ་ཙཱ་བ • (lo tsā ba)
  1. A translator of Buddhist texts, especially one of the mediaeval ones who translated texts into Tibetan.
    Sense id: en-ལོ་ཙཱ་བ-bo-noun-PzfUP7E6 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tibetan entries with incorrect language header
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      "roman": "lo tsā",
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      "roman": "lo tsa",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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      "roman": "lo tsa ba",
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      "roman": "lo tsā",
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      "form": "ལོ་ཙ",
      "roman": "lo tsa",
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        "alternative"
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