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'Phags-pa

'Phags-pa proper noun: an alphabet designed in the 1200s by the Tibetan monk and State Preceptor Drogön Chögyal Phagpa for Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty.

Proper noun

'Phags-pa

  1. An alphabet designed in the 1200s by the Tibetan monk and State Preceptor Drogön Chögyal Phagpa for Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty.

Forms of 'Phags-pa

alternative formPhags-pa
alternative literaryḥPʻags-pa
alternative literaryḥP'ags-pa

Origin of 'Phags-pa

From Tibetan འཕགས་པ ('phags pa, literally “noble”).

Questions about 'Phags-pa

What does 'Phags-pa mean?
'Phags-pa means an alphabet designed in the 1200s by the Tibetan monk and State Preceptor Drogön Chögyal Phagpa for Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty.
What part of speech is 'Phags-pa?
'Phags-pa is a proper noun.

Words near 'Phags-pa in the dictionary

  1. 'our
  2. 'ours
  3. 'ow
  4. 'pataphysics
  5. 'pedia
  6. 'Phags-pa
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  8. 'phobes
  9. 'phone
  10. 'phone number
  11. 'phone numbers

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