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Gelug

Gelug proper noun: a school of Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa, a philosopher and Tibetan religious leader.

Proper noun

Gelug

  1. A school of Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa, a philosopher and Tibetan religious leader.
    Synonyms:
    Dge-lugs, Ganden, Gelug-pa, Gelugpa, yellow hat school, yellow hat sect

Synonyms of Gelug

  • Dge-lugs
  • Ganden
  • Gelug-pa
  • Gelugpa
  • yellow hat school
  • yellow hat sect

Origin of Gelug

Borrowed from Tibetan དགེ་ལུགས་པ (dge lugs pa).

Questions about Gelug

What does Gelug mean?
Gelug means a school of Buddhism founded by Je Tsongkhapa, a philosopher and Tibetan religious leader.
What part of speech is Gelug?
Gelug is a proper noun.

Words near Gelug in the dictionary

  1. gelsolin
  2. gelsolins
  3. Gelston Park
  4. gelt
  5. gelts
  6. Gelug
  7. Gelugpa chanting
  8. gelvatol
  9. geländeläufer
  10. geländesprung
  11. geländesprungs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Gelug (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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