Where does “Darjeeling” come from?
Darjeeling comes from Nepali दार्जिलिङ, from Tibetan རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང, composed of རྡོ་རྗེ and གླིང meaning "place" or "land."
Darjeeling (English): Short for Darjeeling tea: tea from or similar to...
Definitions
- Short for Darjeeling tea: tea from or similar to...
Ancestry of “Darjeeling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepali | दार्जिलिङ | Darjeeling |
| 2 | Tibetan | རྡོ་རྗེ་གླིང | — |
| 3 | Tibetan | རྡོ་རྗེ | diamond, adamant; vajra; adamantine,... |
| 4 | Tibetan | རྡོ | stone, rock |