རྒྱ་གར

Tibetan

FWOTD – 15 February 2015

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).

Pronunciation


Proper noun

རྒྱགར (rgya gar)

  1. India

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.