Where does “rinpoche” come from?
rinpoche (English) comes from Tibetan རིན་པོ་ཆེ, from Tibetan རིན — value, price; value, worth; price; value.
Ancestry of “rinpoche”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Tibetan | རིན་པོ་ཆེ | precious substance, jewel, gem; rinpoche |
| 2 | Tibetan | རིན | value, price; value, worth; price; value |