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geshe

geshe noun: a Tibetan Buddhist monk or nun who holds a certain academic degree.

Noun

geshe (plural geshes)

  1. A Tibetan Buddhist monk or nun who holds a certain academic degree.

Forms of geshe

pluralgeshes

Origin of geshe

From Tibetan དགེ་བཤེས (dge bshes).

Questions about geshe

What does geshe mean?
Geshe means a Tibetan Buddhist monk or nun who holds a certain academic degree.
What part of speech is geshe?
Geshe is a noun.
What is the plural of geshe?
The plural of geshe is geshes.

Words near geshe in the dictionary

  1. Geschwind syndrome
  2. Gesellian
  3. Gesellschaft
  4. Gesellschaften
  5. Gesellschafts
  6. geshe
  7. gesheft
  8. geshefts
  9. geshes
  10. geshmak
  11. gesho

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