"prayer flag" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: prayer flags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prayer flag (plural prayer flags)
  1. A colourful rectangular cloth hung from a thread and strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes. Wikipedia link: prayer flag Categories (topical): Buddhism, Flags Synonyms: thangka Related terms: wind horse Translations (colourful rectangular cloth): 經幡 (Chinese Mandarin), 经幡 (jīngfān) (Chinese Mandarin), gebedsvlag [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), rukouslippu (Finnish), drapeau de prière [masculine] (French), Gebetsfahne [feminine] (German), Gebetsflagge [feminine] (German), хийморь (xiimorʹ) (Mongolian), bandeira de oração [feminine] (Portuguese), моли́твенный флаг (molítvennyj flag) [masculine] (Russian), bandera de oración [feminine] (Spanish), དར་ལྕོག། (dar lcog) (Tibetan), རླུང་རྟ (rlung rta) (Tibetan)

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