prayer flag

English

Noun

prayer flag (plural prayer flags)

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.

Translations

colourful rectangular cloth

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 經幡, 经幡 (jīngfān)
Dutch: gebedsvlag m or f
Finnish: rukouslippu
French: drapeau de prière m
German: Gebetsfahne f, Gebetsflagge f

Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: bandeira de oração f
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: bandera de oración f
Tibetan: དར་ལྕོག། (dar lcog)

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