"རྒྱ་གར" meaning in Tibetan

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Proper name

IPA: /*rɡʲa.ɡar/, /ca˩˨.kaː˥˥/ [Lhasa] Forms: rgya gar [romanization]
Etymology: From རྒྱ (rgya, “extent, size; vastness; empire”) + གར (gar) (variant of དཀར (dkar, “white”)), literally “white expanse, white empire”. So named perhaps because its ancient inhabitants wore white clothing. Not related to གར (gar, “dancing”). Etymology templates: {{m|bo|རྒྱ||extent, size; vastness; empire}} རྒྱ (rgya, “extent, size; vastness; empire”), {{m|bo|གར}} གར (gar), {{m|bo|དཀར||white}} དཀར (dkar, “white”), {{m|bo|གར||dancing}} གར (gar, “dancing”) Head templates: {{head|bo|proper noun}} རྒྱ་གར • (rgya gar)
  1. India (a country in South Asia) Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Asia, India
    Sense id: en-རྒྱ་གར-bo-name-JnqzqpjF Categories (other): Tibetan entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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